scene
/siːn/ noun A2- The location of an event that attracts attention. · the scene of the crime· Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set. · to paint scenes· to change the scenes
- 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. · The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.· The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place. · He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.· They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- 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. · The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.· The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
- An element of fiction writing.
Plural scenes
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We travelled by the Underground as far as Aldersgate; and a short walk took us to Saxe-Coburg Square, the scene of the singular story which we had listened to in the morning.
“I watched you during the whole scene of that challenge yesterday; I have been thinking of your firmness all night, and I said to myself that justice must be on your side, or man’s countenance is no longer to be relied on.”
Go to the scene of the crime!
Now for a moment I will ask leave to remove my own insignificant personality and to describe events which occurred before we arrived upon the scene by the light of knowledge which came to us afterwards.
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