Dictionaries › English

scene

Pronunciation: /siːn/

The English word “scene” has 16 meanings listed here.

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. A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
  12. 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.
  13. A fantasy that is acted out.

verb

  1. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
  2. To roleplay.

interjection

  1. A notice to actors that their performance has ended.

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.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “scene” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.