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scene

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noun
1.
the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
2.
any view or picture.
3.
an incident or situation in real life.
4.
an embarrassing outbreak or display of anger, strong feeling, or bad manners: Please don't make a scene in such a public place.
5.
a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place.
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a unit of action or a segment of a story in a play, motion picture, or television show.
7.
the place in which the action of a play or part of a play is supposed to occur.
8.
scenery (def. 2).
9.
Literature.
a.
an episode, situation, or the like, as in a narrative.
b.
the setting or locale of a story.
10.
the stage, especially of an ancient Greek or Roman theater.
11.
an area or sphere of activity, current interest, etc.: the rock music scene; the fashion scene.
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12.
behind the scenes, in secret or in private.
13.
make the scene, Slang. to appear in a particular place or engage in a particular activity: Let's make the scene downtown tonight. She was never one to make the drug scene.

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Origin:
1530–40; < Latin scēna background (of the stage) < Greek skēnḗ booth (where actors dressed)

Related forms
in·ter·scene, noun

Can be confused: scene, seen.

Synonyms
1. arena, stage, location; center, focus. 2. See view. 3. episode. 4. demonstration, spectacle, show.

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scene
1540, "subdivision of an act of a play," also "stage-setting," from M.Fr. scène (14c.), from L. scæna, scena "scene, stage," from Gk. skene "scene, stage," originally "tent or booth," related to skia "shadow, shade," via notion of "something that gives shade," from PIE base *ska(i)- "to
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shine, flicker, glimmer" (cf. Skt. chaya "brilliance, luster, shadow," Alb. he "shadow," Goth. skeinan, O.E. scinan "to shine"). Meaning "place in which the action of a literary work occurs" is attested from 1592; general sense (non-literary) is recorded from 1594. U.S. slang sense of "setting or milieu for a specific group or activity" is attested from 1951 in Beat jargon. Meaning "stormy encounter between two or more persons" is attested from 1761. Behind the scenes (1668) is an image from the theater, "amid actors and stage machinery" (where patrons are not admitted). Scene of the crime (1923) first attested in Agatha Christie.
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scene definition

[sin]
  1. n.
    a place; a setting. (See also make the scene.) : I need a different scene. Life is too hectic here.
  2. n.
    the drug-use environment; the drug scene. : The longer you spend in a scene like this, the harder it is to sober up and go straight.
  3. n.
    one's preference. (See also bag.) : This nine-to-five stuff just isn't my scene. I quit.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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