Definitions for scene

Overview of noun scene

The noun scene has 10 senses? (first 8 from tagged texts)

1. (18) scene

(the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime")

2. (17) scene

(an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene")

3. (13) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama

(the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views")

4. (8) scene, shot

(a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film)

5. (7) picture, scene

(a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century")

6. (7) scene

(a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes")

7. (1) fit, tantrum, scene, conniption

(a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene")

8. (1) scene, view

(graphic art consisting of 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")

9. setting, scene

(the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story")

10. scenery, scene

(the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery")