scene

scene
noun
1 place where sth happened
ADJECTIVE
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 you
ADJECTIVE
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
nativity
VERB + SCENE
stare at, survey, watch, witness

He surveyed the scene with horror.

imagine, picture
recall, remember, replay

I replayed the scene in my mind.

describe
SCENE + 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, deleted
VERB + 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
change
PREPOSITION
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 scene
4 public display of anger, etc.
ADJECTIVE
big, little
angry (esp. BrE), terrible, ugly, unpleasant
emotional, violent
VERB + 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 activity
ADJECTIVE
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.

dominate
PREPOSITION
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.


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  • scène — [ sɛn ] n. f. • 1595; « représentation théâtrale de l Antiquité » v. 1375; rare av. XVIIe; lat. scæna, gr. skênê « tente », à cause de la construction édifiée sur la scène des théâtres grecs I ♦ 1 ♦ Dans un théâtre, L emplacement où les acteurs… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • scene — W2S2 [si:n] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(play/film)¦ 2¦(activities)¦ 3¦(accident/crime)¦ 4¦(view/picture)¦ 5¦(event/situation)¦ 6¦(argument)¦ 7 not be your scene 8 behind the scenes 9 set the scene 10 be/come on the scene …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scene — [ sin ] noun count *** ▸ 1 part of play/book etc. ▸ 2 view ▸ 3 place where something happens ▸ 4 activity/interest ▸ 5 argument etc. in public ▸ 6 situation ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a part of a play, book, movie, etc. in which events happen in the same… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • scene — SCENE. s. f. La partie du theatre, où les acteurs representent devant le public. Dés que cet acteur paroist sur la scene. la scene estoit trop remplie d acteurs. Il se prend aussi quelquefois pour tout le theatre. La decoration de la scene. la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Scene — Scène  Pour les articles homophones, voir Cène et Seine. La scène en Théâtre Polonaise en …   Wikipédia en Français

  • scene — ► NOUN 1) the place where a real or fictional incident occurs or occurred. 2) a view or landscape as seen by a spectator. 3) an incident or representation of an incident of a specified nature: scenes of violence. 4) a sequence of continuous… …   English terms dictionary

  • Scene — 〈[ si:n] f.; ; unz.; umg.〉 = Szene [engl., „Szene“] * * * Scene [si:n ], die; , s <Pl. selten> [engl. scene < (m)frz. scène, ↑ Szene] (Jargon): 1. Örtlichkeit in einer Stadt, wo Verkäufer u. Käufer von ↑ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • scene — [sēn] n. [MFr scène < L scena, scaena < Gr skēnē, covered place, tent, stage < IE base * sk̑ai , to gleam softly > SHINE] 1. in ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage 2. the place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs [the… …   English World dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scene — (n.) 1530s, subdivision of an act of a play, also stage setting, from M.Fr. scène (14c.), from L. scaena, scena scene, stage, from Gk. skene scene, stage, originally tent or booth, related to skia shadow, shade, via notion of something that gives …   Etymology dictionary

  • scene — [n1] setting of a performance or event arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set,… …   New thesaurus

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