scene

Nouns

  • (n) the place where some action occurs
    • the police returned to the scene of the crime
  • (n) an incident (real or imaginary)
    • their parting was a sad scene
  • (n) the visual percept of a region
    • the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
    panorama, vista, view, aspect, prospect,
  • (n) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film shot,
  • (n) a situation treated as an observable object
    • the political picture is favorable
    • the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
    picture,
  • (n) a subdivision of an act of a play
    • the first act has three scenes
  • (n) a display of bad temper
    • he had a fit
    • she threw a tantrum
    • he made a scene
    conniption, fit, tantrum,
  • (n) graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
    • he painted scenes from everyday life
    • figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment
    view,
  • (n) the context and environment in which something is set
    • the perfect setting for a ghost story
    setting,
  • (n) the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
    • they worked all night painting the scenery
    scenery,

Synonyms

panorama vista view aspect prospect shot picture conniption fit tantrum setting scenery

Words of close approximity

scend scent
SCET
scend scent
scene of action scene painter scenery sceneshifter scene-stealer