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1. The place where some action occurs
   "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
    
2. An incident (real or imaginary)
   "their parting was a sad scene"
    
3. The visual percept of a region
   - view, aspect, prospect, vista, panorama
    
4. A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
   - shot
    
5. A situation treated as an observable object
   - picture
    
6. A subdivision of an act of a play
   "the first act has three scenes"
    
7. A display of bad temper
   "he made a scene"
   - fit, tantrum, conniption
    
8. Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
   "he painted scenes from everyday life"
   - view
    
9. The context and environment in which something is set
   - setting
    
10. The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
    - scenery

Sounds like: seen

Derived forms: scenes

See also: scenic

Type of: area, bad temper, country, dramatic composition, dramatic work, environment, environs, exposure, graphic art, ill temper, incident, photo, photograph, pic, picture, set, situation, stage set, state of affairs, surround, surroundings, visual image, visual percept

Part of: act, film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show

Encyclopedia: Scene