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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr skhnh` a covered place a tent, a stage.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak. 4. 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 ``In Troy, there lies the scene.'' --Shak. The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason. 5. 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. Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! --Addison. 6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. --Dryden. 7. 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. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it --De Quincey. {Behind the scenes}, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scene \Scene\, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of to display. [Obs.] --Abp. Sancroft. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scene n 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" [syn: {view}, {aspect}, {prospect}, {vista}, {panorama}] 4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: {shot}] 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" [syn: {picture}] 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" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}] 8: 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" [syn: {view}] 9: the context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: {setting}] 10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: {scenery}]
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