scene
The location of an event that attracts attentionThe location of an event that attracts attention.
» I went to the scene of the crime.
Ich begab mich zum Tatort.
Я пошёл на место преступления.
Я отправился на место преступления.
Я відправився на місце злочину.
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)The location of an event that attracts attention.
the scene of the crime
Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
Szene
сце́наscéna
сце́наscéna
(countable, uncountable)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
сце́наscéna
the context and environment in which something is set
(countable, uncountable)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.
Szene
сце́наscéna
сце́наscéna
(countable, uncountable)The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
сце́наscéna
the place where some action occurs
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)An element of fiction writing.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Szene, Milieu
(broadly, uncountable)A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A fantasy that is acted out.
Examples
622 sentencesI went to the scene of the crime.
Я відправився на місце злочину.
ruЯ пошёл на место преступления.
deIch begab mich zum Tatort.
The police were at the scene when Tom arrived.
Коли Том приїхав, поліція була вже на місці.
Tom was arrested at the scene.
Тома заарештували на місці скоєння злочину.
ruТом был арестован на месте преступления.
Don't make a scene.
Не влаштовуй сцени.
ruНе устраивайте сцены.
deMach keine Szene!
What's your favorite movie scene?
Яка твоя улюблена сцена з фільму?
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, frFrom Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
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Forms
plural: scenesSynonyms
12 synonyms- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept:view
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film:shot
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale:scenery
- the context and environment in which something is set:setting
- a situation treated as an observable object:picture
- a display of bad temper:fittantrumconniption
Word family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- at the scene
- the scene of
- scene of the
- on the scene
- cause a scene
- make a scene
- to the scene