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scenarise

scenarise verb: to create the physical set and staging for a film or play.

Verb

scenarise (third-person singular simple present scenarises, present participle scenarising, simple past and past participle scenarised)

  1. To create the physical set and staging for a film or play.
    • On the basis of an exceptionally interesting story, skilfully scenarised by Eliot Stannard, Frank Crane has built a photo-play in which humour, tragedy, and romance blend exquisitely.1922, Motion Picture Studio - Volume 1, Issues 31-52, page 21
    • Directed by Joseph de Grasse from a Harvey Gates story scenarised by Ida May Park (Mrs. de Grasse), Hell Morgan's Girl presented Chaney in the role of Sleter Noble, a tough but sexy politician gang leader of San Francisco's Barbary Coast.1976, DeWitt Bodeen, From Hollywood: The Careers of 15 Great American Stars, page 212
  2. To generate a scenario to illustrate an idea.
    • This fundamental truth should be scenarised in our case studies: instead of training students in the illusion of rigorous planning based on data, one should train them to work with uncertainty and breakdowns.2008, García-Peñalvo & Francisco José, Advances in E-Learning: Experiences and Methodologies, →ISBN
    • The picture of the Commission as a 'blind driver' and the agency as 'directions-giving passenger', which has been created in the context of the relationship Commission-EFSA, may be excessive with regard to RTS, but it scenarises well that the RTS are de facto made by the ESAs.2016, Paul Weismann, European Agencies and Risk Governance in EU Financial Market Law, →ISBN

Forms of scenarise

third-person singular presentscenarises
present participlescenarising
past participlescenarised
pastscenarised

Questions about scenarise

What does scenarise mean?
Scenarise means to create the physical set and staging for a film or play.
What part of speech is scenarise?
Scenarise is a verb.
What is the past tense of scenarise?
The past tense of scenarise is scenarised.

Words near scenarise in the dictionary

  1. scenarioize
  2. scenarioized
  3. scenarioizes
  4. scenarioizing
  5. scenarios
  6. scenarise
  7. scenarised
  8. scenarises
  9. scenarising
  10. scenarist
  11. scenarists

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