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sce·nar·i·o

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–noun, plural -nar·i·os.

1.	an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.

2.	the outline or the manuscript of a motion picture or television program, giving the action in the order in which it takes place, the description of scenes and characters, etc.

3.	an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities: One scenario calls for doubling profits by increasing our advertising, the other by reducing costs.

[Origin: 1875–80; < It < L scénārium. See scene, -ary

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—Synonyms 3. scheme, plan, concept, sketch.

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sce·nar·i·o Audio Help (sĭ-nâr'ē-ō', -när'-, -nār'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sce·nar·i·os

An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
1. An outline for a screenplay.
2. A treatment for a screenplay.
3. A screenplay.
An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events: "In the scenario posed by many climatologists, decades of continued global warming would raise sea levels anywhere from 20 inches to more than 11 feet" (San Francisco Chronicle).

[Italian, from scena, scene, from Latin scaena; see scene.]

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1878, "sketch of the plot of a play," from It. scenario, from L.L. scenarius "of stage scenes," from L. scena "scene" (see scene). Meaning "imagined situation" is first recorded 1962.

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scenario
noun
1.	an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
2.	a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror"
3.	a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack"

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