Scene
[siːn] or [sin]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.
(noun.) a subdivision of an act of a play; 'the first act has three scenes'.
(noun.) an incident (real or imaginary); 'their parting was a sad scene'.
(noun.) the place where some action occurs; 'the police returned to the scene of the crime'.
Typist: Rebecca--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Typist: Nelda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Spectacle, exhibition, show, sight, view, display, representation, pageant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Spectacle, show, exhibition,[See SAMPLE]
Editor: Sidney
Definition
n. a picture of the place of an action: a large painted view: place of action occurrence or exhibition: the part of a play acted without change of place: (orig.) the stage of a theatre on which the actors perform: a series of landscape events connected and exhibited: a number of objects presented to the view at once: spectacle: view: any unseemly or ill-timed display of strong feeling between persons.—v.t. to exhibit: to display.—ns. Scene′-dock the space in a theatre adjoining the stage where scenery is stored when not in use; Scene′-man one who manages the scenery in a theatre; Scene′-paint′er one whose employment it is to paint scenery for theatres; Scē′nery the painted representation on a stage: the appearance of anything presented to the eye: general aspect of a landscape; Scene′-shift′er (same as Scene-man).—adjs. Scē′nic -al pertaining to scenery: dramatic: theatrical.—adv. Scē′nically.—adjs. Scēnograph′ic -al drawn in perspective.—adv. Scēnograph′ically.—n. Scēnog′raphy the art of perspective: representation in perspective.—Behind the scenes at the back of the visible stage; Make a scene to make a noisy or otherwise unwelcome exhibition of feeling.
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Examples
- The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His wife saw the one part at least of the bouquet-scene. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The pines are not tall or luxuriant, but they are sombre, and add an air of severity to the scene. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And as this,' he added, after these magnanimous words, 'is not a fit scene for the boy--David, go to bed! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- All the following day the same scene continued. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The scene shifts from the plantation, to Betteredge's little sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Dear Laura was to pay him another little visit in her wedding-dress the next morning, and to be kind enough, again, not to make a scene. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The scene of that afternoon was repeated that evening, and on the three afternoons and evenings next ensuing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene labours. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Then he turned to pursue his way homeward through the drizzle that had so greatly transformed the scene. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He seemed not one whit subdued by the change of scene and action impending. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The scene is the Vestry-room of St James's Church, with a number of leathery old registers on shelves, that might be bound in Lady Tippinses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We endeavoured in vain to abstract Clara from this deplorable scene. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I remained in a recess of the rock, gazing on this wonderful and stupendous scene. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I cannot stand scenes, remember! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I must part with you for my whole life: I must begin a new existence among strange faces and strange scenes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- New scenes have closed upon me; my rambles are at an end. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She went on directing her conversation to the past, and seeming to recall its incidents, scenes, and personageswith singular vividness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let them look abroad and contemplate the scenes which were enacting around them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You, sir, as a clergyman, said he, may feel it disagreeable to be present amidst scenes of hurry and flurry, and, I may say, peril. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Still more I marvelled what those scenes and days could now have to do with me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was a lovely drive, along winding roads rich in the picturesque scenes that delight beauty-loving eyes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At first I was painfully awake and vainly tried to lose myself, with my eyes closed, among the scenes of the day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I did mightily wonder how she came there, or what she could have to do among the scenes, or with the days of my girlhood. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The ‘Biblia Pauperum’ means ‘Bible for the Poor,’ and is a series of scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But to be sure that was a sight behind the scenes, which nobody saw, and which nobody was meant to see. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The variety of peoples and environments, their contrast with familiar scenes, furnishes infinite stimulation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You belong to much brighter and better scenes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Blake and Fromentin were able to reproduce in picture s scenes long retained in memory. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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