- scene
- noun1 place where sth happenedADJECTIVE▪ accident, crash, crime, murder▪
footprints found near the murder scene
VERB + SCENE▪ attend, be on▪A police officer attended the scene.
▪ arrive at, arrive on, reach▪An ambulance soon arrived at the scene of the accident.
▪ return to, rush to▪ flee, leave▪ be called to▪The police were called to the scene.
▪ cordon off (esp. BrE)PREPOSITION▪ at the scene▪Police say the man died at the scene.
▪a gun found at the scene of the crime
▪ on the scene▪Photographers were on the scene in seconds.
▪ scene of▪The criminal often revisits the scene of the crime.
2 what you see around youADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, charming, idyllic, peaceful, picturesque▪ bucolic, pastoral▪ grisly, gruesome, horrific▪ appalling, distressing▪ touching▪ bizarre, extraordinary, strange▪She opened the door on an extraordinary scene of disorder.
▪ familiar▪ domestic▪a touching domestic scene
▪ city, country, rural, street▪ nativityVERB + SCENE▪ stare at, survey, watch, witness▪He surveyed the scene with horror.
▪ imagine, picture▪ recall, remember, replay▪I replayed the scene in my mind.
▪ describeSCENE + VERB▪ occur, unfold▪We sat in horror watching the scenes of violence unfold before us.
▪ be reminiscent of sth▪Paramedics tended the wounded in scenes reminiscent of wartime.
PREPOSITION▪ amid scenes of▪The star arrived amidst scenes of excitement.
▪ in a/the scene▪ scene from▪scenes from Greek mythology
▪ scene of▪He painted scenes of country life.
▪The battlefield was a scene of utter carnage.
PHRASES▪ a change of scene (esp. BrE) (usually a change of scenery in AmE)▪You're exhausted. What you need is a complete change of scene.
3 one part of book, play, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ opening▪ climactic, final, last▪ dramatic, funny, romantic, steamy, touching, tragic▪The movie has several steamy bedroom scenes.
▪ courtroom, crowd▪ action, battle, chase, fight▪ bedroom, kissing, love, sex▪ death▪ cut, deletedVERB + SCENE▪ act, play▪She plays the love scenes brilliantly.
▪ rehearse, run through▪We ran through the final scene again.
▪ recreate▪ write▪ film, shoot▪ stage▪ set▪The scene is set in the first paragraph with an account of Sally's childhood.
▪ steal▪The little girl stole the scene from all the big stars.
SCENE + VERB▪ feature sb▪ depict sth, show sth▪ begin▪ take place▪ shift▪Then the scene shifts to the kitchen.
SCENE + NOUN▪ changePREPOSITION▪ in a/the scene▪He appears in the opening scene.
▪ scene between▪There is a dramatic fight scene between the two brothers.
PHRASES▪ behind the scenes (= behind the stage)▪The documentary takes a look behind the scenes at the making of the hit TV series.
▪ a change of scene4 public display of anger, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ big, little▪ angry (esp. BrE), terrible, ugly, unpleasant▪ emotional, violentVERB + SCENE▪ cause, create, make▪Quiet! Don't make a scene!
PREPOSITION▪ scene between▪There have been a couple of ugly scenes between him and the manager.
5 area of activityADJECTIVE▪ burgeoning, flourishing, lively▪ contemporary▪ international, local, world▪ art, arts, cultural, literary, music, musical, theatre/theater▪He is heavily involved in the local art scene.
▪ club, dance▪ fashion, political, social▪ dating, singles▪ gay▪ drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), underground▪ folk, jazz, pop, rap, rock, etc.VERB + SCENE▪ be involved in, be part of▪ appear on, arrive on, come on, come onto▪A new face has arrived on the South African literary scene.
▪ burst onto, explode onto▪ vanish from▪Many of the stars of the nineties have completely vanished from the music scene.
▪ dominatePREPOSITION▪ on the scene, onto the scene▪the eruption of Cuban music onto the world scene
PHRASES▪ a newcomer to the scene▪The movie's director is a newcomer to the Hollywood scene.
▪ not your scene (informal)▪Hillwalking is not my scene, so I stayed at home.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
