Scene

Definition: Scene

Scene

Noun

1. The place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime".

2. An incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene".

3. The visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views".

4. A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.

5. A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century".

6. A subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes".

7. A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene".

8. 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".

9. The context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story".

10. : the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scene" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Computing

Geography

Science

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Scene

Arena

Noun: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards; (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus.

Artist

Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.

Change

Innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf.

Excitability

Passion, excitement, flush, heat; fever, heat; fire, flame, fume, blood boiling; tumult; effervescence, ebullition; boiling over; whiff, gust, story, tempest; scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion; outbreak, outburst; agony.

Ostentation

Coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene; tour de force; chic.

Painting

Landscape, seapiece; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life.

Historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography.

The Drama

Stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra.

Performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre; acting; gesture; impersonation; stage business, gag, buffoonery.

Flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium.

Act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto.

Crosswords: Scene

Danish (scene), French (scene), German (scene), Norwegian (stage).

Touring the riot scene. Gravely assessing the devastation (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

You're going to neuralize me, brought me to a public place so I wouldn't make a scene. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

They lose me right after the bunker scene. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

Oh God. One Christmas our dog, Vandi, stole The Baby Jesus from the Nativity scene and my mother ran through the neighborhood in her housecoat screaming 'Vandi you eat that Baby Jesus you're going to Doggy Hell (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Isn't it customary to leave the scene after committing the crime (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

Soon as I stepped on the scene (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

Leaving the scene of the crime (I Go To Extremes; performing artist: Billy Joel)

We be's the baddest clique up on the scene (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

And leaves the scene (Misled; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Some kinda rash 'n' reckless scene (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

The Scene from Melbury House (1972)

On the Scene (1970)

Mike and Bernie's Scene (1970)

The Wild Scene (1970)

A Movable Scene (1968)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cleveland Scene (reference)

• Iafc On Scene (reference)

• Law Scene (reference)

• Maryland Travel Scene (reference)

• Psitta Scene (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Scene at the Sea (reference)

• Jazz Scene USA - Cannonball Adderley Sextet/Teddy Edwards Sextet (reference)

• Music Scene - The Best of 1969-70 (reference)

• Jazz Scene USA: Frank Rosolino and Stan Kenton (reference)

• Scene of the Crime (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: Crime Scene (reference)

• Jazz Scene [Clef/Epic] (reference)

• Scene of the Crying (reference)

• Poll Winners: Exploring the Scene (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Nancy Drew: The Final Scene (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Winter Scene Skier Accessories - Cookie Jar (reference)

• Winter Scene Skiers Mugs (4-pc.) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is an outdoor summer scene in a treed area with a lake visible. Also seen are two runners in shorts. This is the cover photograph to the "Decade of Discovery" section entitled, "Lifestyle, Environment and Cancer". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Motor vehicle accident scene. Credit: CDC.

Night Scene on Patpong Street Entertainment District, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: CDC.

Fog rolling over the Chisos Range Scene observed from Station Chisos on Emory Peak. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Leveling - scene of Colorado River crossing near Overton Level party of Emmett Sheridan. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A scene in the town of Kona. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A coastal scene north of Hilo. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A scene at McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Jamestown - a scene from the 1620's. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I was glad to see he had quite recovered from the terrible scene he had gone through

His heart and soul were in the scene, and with his former self

Nor, wild as were these painted barbarians, were they the wildest feature of the scene.

She felt that the great actor had entered upon the scene, answered not a word, and went out.

Now, as then, he stood listlessly in his place, seemingly a tranquil watcher of the scene before him.

What means this scene of rude impatience

But Winfield gloried in the scene.

I viewed the town on my left hand, which looked like the painted scene of a city in a theatre

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

To resist such p re s s u re, teens say they pre fer quick “one-liners” that allow them to dodge a drink without making a big scene. (references)

Leukocyte Adhesion Defect (LAD) causes recurrent, life-threatening infections because phagocytes are unable to migrate to the scene of an infection. (references)

In one study conducted in Memphis, TN, researchers found that, of 150 reckless drivers who were tested for drugs at the arrest scene, 33 percent tested positive for marijuana, and 12 percent tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine. (references)

Business

Two chains continue to dominate the UK bookselling scene. (references)

The prominent U.S. companies in the local scene include the leader Compaq and others such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Dell and Apple. (references)

The opportunities available in Greece are vast, and with the approaching 2004 Olympic Games the scene becomes more and more challenging. (references)

Children

Philippines

Most of the children were in villages in Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, and Tawi-Tawi provinces, the scene of heavy insurgent combat. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

According to Ahmadi sources, the police arrived at the scene, but did nothing to stop the crowd. (references)

Saint Lucia

Immediately after the attack, the police arrested a 20-year-old male, who was rescued from a church mob as he tried to escape the scene of the incident. (references)

Economic History

Spain

In January 1999, Retevision Moviles came on the scene. (references)

Philippines

U.S. jurisprudence is, however, persuasive in the Philippine tax scene. (references)

Argentina

At the same time that channels have concentrated, more players have entered the scene. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Camille shot Beaubrun and then left the scene. (references)

Brazil

Witnesses place Santos at the scene of the killing. (references)

Macedonia

The only survivors were those who were able to escape the scene of the ambush. (references)

Minorities

Georgia

Initially police did not respond to requests for help; however, they came to the scene once the Basilists had left. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The same area was the scene of a land conflict between Baptists and their neighbors in August 1998; however, there were no reports of such conflicts during the year. (references)

Colombia

It also has been the scene of some of the country's most enduring political violence, as paramilitary forces and guerrillas struggled for control of the Uraba region. (references)

Political Economy

Eq. Guinea

However, the Presidency and the President's family dominate the political scene. (references)

Ireland

The Green Party emerged onto the Irish political scene during the European Parliament election of June 9, 1994, winning seats in Dublin and in Leinster. (references)

Egypt

The President and the entrenched NDP dominate the political scene to such an extent that citizens do not have a meaningful ability to change their Government. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

Foreign banking institutions are playing an increasingly important role on the financial scene. (references)

Colombia

U.S. freight forwarders and intermediaries will be subject to the same sanctions and penalties when international freight brokers and agents come on the scene on January 1, 2001 through their required registration with the DIAN. (references)

Women

Jordan

Her brother surrendered himself to police after initially fleeing the scene of the killing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "scene": bad scene ♦ be on the scene ♦ behind the scene ♦ come on the scene ♦ crowd scene ♦ crucial scene ♦ domestic scene ♦ Drop scene ♦ drug scene ♦ embarrassing scene ♦ final scene ♦ interior scene ♦ international scene ♦ it is not my scene ♦ it's not my scene ♦ leaving scene of accident ♦ Love scene ♦ make a scene ♦ mise an scene ♦ mise en scene ♦ muse on the scene ♦ nativity scene ♦ Natural language description of object movements in a traffic scene ♦ on the scene ♦ painting of battle scene ♦ principal scene ♦ quit the scene ♦ scene analysis ♦ scene change ♦ scene dock ♦ scene of accident ♦ scene of action ♦ scene of action commander ♦ scene of crime ♦ scene of operation ♦ scene of operations ♦ scene of the accident ♦ scene of the action ♦ scene of the crime ♦ scene painter ♦ scene painting ♦ scene shifter ♦ scene understanding ♦ set a scene ♦ set scene ♦ set the scene ♦ shift the scene ♦ terrible scene ♦ that is not my scene ♦ the drug scene ♦ the political scene ♦ the scene of the crime ♦ To shift the scene ♦ transformation scene ♦ ugly scene ♦ you need a change of scene. Additional references.

Beginning with "scene": scene-change, scene-changes, scene-designer, scene-of-crime, scene-of-crimes, scene-of-the-crime, scene-painter, scene-setter, scene-setting, scene-shift, scene-stealer, scene-stealers, scene-stealing, scene-steeped.

Ending with "scene": love-scene, mise-en-scene.

Afrikaans

toneel. (various references)

Albanian

skenë (board, stage), vendngjarje, tablo (landscape, painting, panel, picture, spectacle, tableau), pamje (air, aspect, face, landscape, likeness, look, make, mien, mode, outlook, outside, physiognomy, presence, prospect, rig, scenery, semblance, shape, sight, spectacle, view, visage, vista), dekor (accessory, decoration, flat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكان وقوع الأحداث, ‏موقع (locale, locality, location, place, point, position, post, rhythmic, site, situation, spot, subscriber), ‏مسرح العمليات, ‏مسرح (dramatize, playhouse, stage, theater, theatre), ‏مشهد (outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scenery, show, sight, spectacle, view), ‏المشهد السينمائي, ‏ثورة غضب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сцена (sequence, stage, take), сфера на действие (incidence, sphere), скандал (affair, blowup, fracas, kick up, row, scandal), театър (boards, house, shop, stage, theater, theatre), картина (image, painting, picture, piece), гледка (outlook, prospect, show, sight, view, vision), обстановка (environment, setting, situation), място на събитие, място на действие, зрелище (gapeseed, peepshow, raree show, show, spectacle), епизод (chapter, episode, incident, parenthesis, passage, underaction), арена (arena, cirque, lists, theater, theatre), пейзаж (landscape, picture, prospect, scenery), действие (act, action, deed, effect, movements, operation, performance, play, potency, process, run, scourge). (various references)

Chinese 

鏡頭 (camera shot), 現場 , 场面, 景色 (landscape, scenery, view), 景象 (sight), 情景 (circumstances, sight), 實況 (what is actually happening), 場面 (occasion). (various references)

Czech

sekvence (sequence), scenérie (scenery), scéna (set, stage, theatre), obraz (canvas, drawing, image, painting, picture, piece, presentment, reflex, representation, view), kulisy (scenery, wings), jevištì (stage), epizoda (episode, part), dìjištì (locale, theatre). (various references)

Danish

scene (dais, platform, stage). (various references)

Dutch

scène, toneel (stage, theatre), tafereel (account, description), tableau. (various references)

Esperanto

sceno. (various references)

Faeroese

tilburður (affair, business, business deal, case, matter). (various references)

Farsi 

پرده جزء صحنه نمایش , منظره (Landscape, Object, Outlook, Perspective, Picture, Prospect, Scenery, Sight, Spectacle, View, Vision), مجلس (Assembly, Congress, Convocation, Council, Legislature, Parliament, Session), مرحله (Grade, Order, Phase, Point, Process, Rung, Stadium, Stage), چشم انداز (Landscape, Lookout, Outlook, Overlook, Panorama, Perspective, Prospect, Scenery, View, Vista), صحنه (Arena), جای وقوع . (various references)

Finnish

kohtaus (appointment, attack, fit, meeting, TV footage). (various references)

French

scène. (various references)

German

Szene (set, subculture, tableau), Schauplatz (arena, locale, showplace, stage, theater, theatre), Bühne (platform, ramp, stage, theater, theatre), Vorgang (action, dossier, event, file, instance, occurrence, procedure, proceeding, process). (various references)

Greek 

σκηνή (stage, tabernacle, tent). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקום התרחשות (locale), זירה (amphitheatre, arena, stage, theatre), סצינה, נוף (elevation, height, landscape, panorama, prospect, scenery, view, vista). (various references)

Hungarian

színhely (locale, loci, locus, scene of action, stage), táj (clime, land, landscape, quarter, scenery), színtér (stage), színpad (boards, proscenia, proscenium, stage). (various references)

Indonesian

pemandangan (aspect, landscape, outlook, view, vista), adegan. (various references)

Italian

scena (act, locale, set, stage, theater, theatre). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

眺め (outlook, prospect, view), 現場 (actual spot, scene of the crime), 画面　 (picture, screen), 画面 (photo, picture, terminal screen, the field), 景色　 (landscape, scenery), 景色 (landscape, scenery), 情景 (sight, spectacle), 光景　 (spectacle), 光景 (spectacle), シールド工法 (coelostat, sea-lane, shield method), 一齣 (a passage in a discourse, frame, one scene, shot), 場面 (setting). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がめん (photo, picture, terminal screen, the field), ながめ (longish, moderately long, outlook, prospect, view), ひとこま (a scene, frame, shot), ばめん (setting), こうけい (aperture, background, bore, calibre, ecliptic longitude, filial piety, setting, spectacle, successor, the essential point), シーン , げんば (actual spot, scene of the crime), げんじょう (actual spot, existing state, original state, present condition, scene of the crime, status quo), けしき (landscape, scenery), じょうけい (best policy, sight, spectacle, the above-mentioned). (various references)

Korean 

현지 (local). (various references)

Manx

shilley (distillation, eyesight, look, look in, shed, shedding, show, sight, spectacle, view), reayrtys (aim, aspect, prospect, scenery, survey, view, vision, vista), reayrt (outlook, prospect, sight, view), boayl (centre, indentation, location, place, spot, stand, where), ardane (avenue, emplacement, ramp, rise, terrace, tribune). (various references)

Papiamen

esena. (various references)

Pig Latin

enescay.(various references)

Portuguese

cena (proscenium, spectacle, stage, theater, theatre). (various references)

Romanian

spectacol (a grand sight, entertainment, performance, play, presentment, show, sight, spectacle), scenã (arena, board, boards, footlights, locale, row, spectacle, stage, the boards), scandal (affray, breach, breeze, flare up, fray, fuss, hubbub, noise, row, rumpus, scandal, shame, shindy), teatru (acting, drama, footlights, histrionics, house, locale, Playhouse, seat, stage, theater, theatre), tablou (aspect, canvas, drawing, engraving, figure, image, lookout, painting, panel, picture, schedule, slab, table, tableau), locul acţiunii, décor (background, décor, decoration, embellishment, landscape, mise en scene, ornament, scenery, sets). (various references)

Russian 

сцена;инф)изображение, сцена (board, spectacle, stage), картина (image, night-piece, painting, paintings, picture, piece, skyscape, tableu), место действия (arena, background, locale), декорация (decoration, window dressing). (various references)

Scottish

duaidh (a horrid scene). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

scena (locale, stage), prizor (raree show, sight, spectacle), kulisa (backdrop, coulisse, drop scene, scene dock). (various references)

Spanish

escena (setting, stage), escenario (scenery, setting, stage, tabloid). (various references)

Swedish

scen (locality, stage), uppträde (fracas). (various references)

Thai

เหตุการณ์ (case, circumstance), สถานที่เกิดเหตุ (arena, locale), การแสดงความไม่พอใจ, ทิวทัศน์ (scenery), ฉาก (set, stage). (various references)

Turkish

sahne dekoru (scenery), sahne (arena, boards, scenic, set, setting, site, stage), rezalet (disgrace, ignominy, indignity, infamousness, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, outrageousness, ridiculous, rotten, scandal, shambles, villainy), olay yeri (locale, scene of accident, scene of crime, setting, spot, venue), olay (accident, affair, case, circumstance, episode, event, experience, fact, happening, incident, instance, occurrence), mizansen (décor, mise an scene), manzara (landscape, lookout, panorama, Paysage, prospect, raree show, scenery, scenic, sight, spectacle, view, vista), faaliyet alanı (field of activity, scope), dekor (adornment, décor, get up, scenery, setting). (various references)

Ukrainian

сцена (board, stage), місце дії (locale), епізод (anecdote, episode), декорація. (various references)

Welsh

golygfa (scenery, view). (various references)

skene. (various references)

scæna. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "scene": sceneries, scenery, scenes, sceneshifter, sceneshifters. (additional references)

Words ending with "scene": damascene, nonobscene, obscene. (additional references)

Words containing "scene": damascened, damascenes, obscenely, obscener, obscenest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scene" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cccdna, ceen, cena, cene, ceni, Csee, scane, scanet, Scanie, scee, sceen, sceened, sceme, scen, scence, scened, scener, sceney, scense, sceny, scerne, Scheng, Schenke, Schenkel, Schenley, Schnee, scie, scien, sciene, sciente, scinde, scn, scnse, sconey, sconge, screne, scunne, scye, sehne, sekne, sence, sene, Seneb, Senex, sgen, Shene, siene, skane, skeen, skena, skine, sknee, srene, ssen, stene, sueno, sxen, syenne. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cense.

-1 letter: cees, seen, sene.

-2 letters: cee, ens, nee, sec, see, sen.

-3 letters: en, es, ne.

+1 letter: censed, censer, censes, encase, fences, nieces, scenes, screen, seance, secern, seneca, spence.

+2 letters: absence, achenes, benches, careens, caserne, cements, cenotes, censers, censure, centers, centres, cetanes, cleanse, congees, crenels, cymenes, decanes, decerns, descend, descent, encages, encased, encases, enchase, enclose, encodes, encores, enfaces, enlaces, entices, essence, evinces, fencers, fennecs, incense, kenches, license, menaces, neckers, necrose, obscene, pectens, pencels, recanes, scalene, scended, scenery, scented, science, screens, seances, secerns, seconde, selenic, senecas, senecio, silence, sincere, spencer, spences, tenaces, tenches, tenrecs, wenches.