English noun: scenario | |||
1. | scenario (communication) an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | book, playscript, script | ||
2. | scenario (location) a setting for a work of art or literature | ||
Samples | The scenario is France during the Reign of Terror. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scene, setting | ||
3. | scenario (communication) a postulated sequence of possible events | ||
Samples | Planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assumption, premise, premiss | ||