English Explanatory Dictionary

scene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The location of an event that attracts attention.
  2. The stage.
  3. The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
  4. A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
  5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
  6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
  7. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
  8. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
  9. An element of fiction writing.
  10. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
  11. (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
  12. (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
verb
  1. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
  2. To roleplay.
intj
  1. A notice to actors that their performance has ended.

Pronunciation

sēn /siːn/ en-us-scene.ogg

Word forms

scene scenes scæne scening scened scene!

Etymology

From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.

Synonyms

end scene! and scene! cut

Related words

proscenium mise en scène

Derived words

behind-the-scenes change of scene dark alternative scene drop-scene enter the scene interscene make a scene midscene mise en scene multiscene nonscene on-scene on the scene scenecore scenecraft scene-dock sceneful scene graph scenegraph scene kid sceneless scenelet sceneman sceneness scene pack scene queen scene-room scenery scenescape scenesetter scenesetting scene-shifter sceneshifter scene-stealer scenester scenetics scenewright sceney scenic scenical scenic route scenist scenius scenography set the scene steal the scene scene stealing scene-stealing
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