Scene

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1. Noun

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

2. Noun

The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.

3. Noun

So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.

4. Noun

The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.

5. Noun

An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.

6. Noun

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

7. Noun

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

8. Verb

To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

9. Noun

the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology

10. Noun

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"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

11. Noun

a subdivision of an act of a play or performance; "the first act has three scenes"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

12. Noun

the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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