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scene UK US [siːn] noun [ scenes ]

THEATRE/FILM

1. <I > countable a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time
• the funeral/wedding scene
• nude/sex scenes
• Juliet dies in Act IV, Scene iii.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Parts of plays, shows and films

• The whole of the banquet scene is mimed.
• In the first scene, the camera moves slowly across the room.
• It took seven retakes to get the scene exactly right.
• a steamy love scene
• The love scenes were very tender.

VIEW

2. <I > countable a view or picture of a place, event, or activity
• Lowry painted street scenes.
• scenes of everyday life
• figurative There were scenes of great joy as the hostages were re-united with their families.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Pictures ↑Scenery and views

• a scene of desolation
• Our window looked out on a beautiful alpine scene.
• The painting depicts an idyllic pastoral scene of shepherds watching over their grazing sheep.
• Picture the scene - the crowds of people and animals, the noise, the dirt.
• There is a battle scene on the front cover.

PLACE

3. <I > countable usually singular a place where an unpleasant event has happened
• The police arrived to find a scene of horrifying destruction.
• Evidence was found at the scene of the crime.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Places and locations ↑Unpleasant places

• Doctors pronounced him clinically dead at the scene of the accident.
• Ambulances, police cars and fire engines all converged on the scene.
• Bloodstained clothing was found near the scene.
• A knife was found at the scene of the crime.
• The car had been abandoned two kilometres away from the scene of the robbery.

AREA

4. <A > only singular a particular area of activity and all the people or things connected with it
• the pop/political/drugs/gay scene
• Rap music arrived/came/appeared on the scene in the early 1980s.
• informal I'd rather go to a jazz concert - I'm afraid opera isn't really my scene (= is not the type of thing I like).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Topics and areas of interest

• the club scene
• the British contemporary dance scene
• She's the most exciting British singer to emerge on the pop scene for a decade.
• He broke onto the music scene with his first single.
• The newcomer on the radio scene is a commercial station devoted to classical music.

ARGUMENT
5. countable an expression of great anger or similar feelings, often between two people, or an occasion when this happens
• Please don't make a scene.
• There was a terrible scene and Jayne ended up in tears.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Arguments and disagreements
Idioms: behind the scenes ▪ on the scene ▪ set the scene