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- [seen]
- /sin/
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Definitions of scene word
- noun scene the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder. 1
- noun scene any view or picture. 1
- noun scene an incident or situation in real life. 1
- noun scene an embarrassing outbreak or display of anger, strong feeling, or bad manners: Please don't make a scene in such a public place. 1
- noun scene a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place. 1
- noun scene a unit of action or a segment of a story in a play, motion picture, or television show. 1
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Origin of scene
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Latin scēna background (of the stage) < Greek skēnḗ booth (where actors dressed)
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Parts of speech for Scene
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scene popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scene usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scene
noun scene
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
Antonyms for scene
noun scene
- hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
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