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English noun: scene | |||
| 1. | scene (location) the place where some action occurs | ||
| Samples | The police returned to the scene of the crime. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dark, darkness, field of honor, light, locale, locus, shadow, stage, venue | ||
| 2. | scene (event) an incident (real or imaginary) | ||
| Samples | Their parting was a sad scene. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incident | ||
| 3. | scene (cognition) the visual percept of a region | ||
| Samples | The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views. | ||
| Synonyms | aspect, panorama, prospect, view, vista | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | visual image, visual percept | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | background, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, ground, middle distance, side view, tableau | ||
| 4. | scene (communication) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film | ||
| Synonyms | shot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | outtake | ||
| Part meronym | film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | ||
| 5. | scene (state) a situation treated as an observable object | ||
| Samples | The political picture is favorable. The religious scene in England has changed in the last century. | ||
| Synonyms | picture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | situation, state of affairs | ||
| 6. | scene (communication) a subdivision of an act of a play | ||
| Samples | The first act has three scenes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dramatic composition, dramatic work | ||
| Part meronym | act | ||
| 7. | scene (state) a display of bad temper | ||
| Samples | He had a fit. She threw a tantrum. He made a scene. | ||
| Synonyms | conniption, fit, tantrum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad temper, ill temper | ||
| 8. | scene (artifact) graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept | ||
| Samples | He painted scenes from everyday life. Figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment. | ||
| Synonyms | view | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | graphic art | ||
| Part holonym | content, depicted object, subject | ||
| 9. | scene (location) the context and environment in which something is set | ||
| Samples | The perfect setting for a ghost story. | ||
| Synonyms | setting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | environment, environs, surround, surroundings | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | scenario | ||
| 10. | scene (artifact) the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale | ||
| Samples | They worked all night painting the scenery. | ||
| Synonyms | scenery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set, stage set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backcloth, backdrop, background, flat, masking, masking piece, set piece | ||
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