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sce⋅nar⋅i⋅o

  [si-nair-ee-oh, -nahr-]
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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 scēnārium. See scene, -ary

Synonyms:
3. scheme, plan, concept, sketch.
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sce·nar·i·o   (sĭ-nâr'ē-ō', -när'-, -nār'-)   
n.   pl. sce·nar·i·os

  1. 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.

  3. 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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Word Origin & History

scenario 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scenario

in film making, original idea for a film translated into a visually oriented text. The scenario plan gives the mood of each image and its relationship with the other shots in the sequence. The writer of the shooting script sets up each individual camera shot according to the camera directions that are given in the scenario.

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