Meaning

13 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (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

  4. (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

  5. (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.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

  7. (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.

  8. (countable, uncountable)An element of fiction writing.

  9. (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

  10. (broadly, uncountable)A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.

  11. 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.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A fantasy that is acted out.

Examples

622 sentences
  1. I went to the scene of the crime.

    Я відправився на місце злочину.

    ruЯ пошёл на место преступления.

    deIch begab mich zum Tatort.

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  2. The police were at the scene when Tom arrived.

    Коли Том приїхав, поліція була вже на місці.

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  3. Tom was arrested at the scene.

    Тома заарештували на місці скоєння злочину.

    ruТом был арестован на месте преступления.

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  4. Don't make a scene.

    Не влаштовуй сцени.

    ruНе устраивайте сцены.

    deMach keine Szene!

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  5. What's your favorite movie scene?

    Яка твоя улюблена сцена з фільму?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the location of an event that attracts attention:
Русский
By meaning 1
the location of an event that attracts attention:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the location of an event that attracts attention:
informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest:

Origin

From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, fr

From 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: scenes
Singularscene
Pluralscenes

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • at the scene
  • the scene of
  • scene of the
  • on the scene
  • cause a scene
  • make a scene
  • to the scene

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scene — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto