scene

Noun

scene (countable and uncountable, plural scenes)

1. The location of an event that attracts attention.
   • the scene of the crime
   • Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
2. (archaic) The stage.
   • They stood in the centre of the scene.
3. The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
   • to paint scenes
   • to change the scenes
4. A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
   • The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
   • The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
   • In Troy, there lies the scene.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
   • The world is a vast scene of strife.c. 1810, John M. Mason, On Religious Controversy
6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
   • He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
   • They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
7. 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.1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
   • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
8. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
   • The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
   • The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
9. An element of fiction writing.
10. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
    • She got into the emo scene at an early age.
    • Indie just isn't my scene.
11. (broadly, uncountable) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
    1. (broadly, aesthetic) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
12. A fantasy that is acted out.

Verb

scene (third-person singular simple present scenes, present participle scening, simple past and past participle scened)

1. (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
2. (intransitive) To roleplay.

Interjection

1. A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
   • Near-synonym: cut!

   Synonyms:

   end scene!, and scene!, cut