Found 3 items, similar to scene.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: scene
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scene
scene
n 1: the place where some action occurs;
“the police returned to
the scene of the crime”
2: an incident (real or imaginary);
“their parting was a sad
scene”
3: the visual percept of a region;
“the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views” [syn:
view,
aspect,
prospect,
vista,
panorama]
4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn:
shot]
5: a situation treated as an observable object;
“the political
picture is favorable”;
“the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century” [syn:
picture]
6: a subdivision of an act of a play;
“the first act has three
scenes”
7: a display of bad temper;
“he had a fit”;
“she threw a
tantrum”;
“he made a scene” [syn:
fit,
tantrum,
conniption]
8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
representation of a visual percept;
“he painted scenes
from everyday life”;
“figure 2 shows photographic and
schematic views of the equipment” [syn:
view]
9: the context and environment in which something is set;
“the
perfect setting for a ghost story” [syn:
setting]
10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale;
“they worked all night
painting the scenery” [syn:
scenery]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scene
Scene
\Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place,
a tent, a stage.]
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited;
the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with
its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
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2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the
place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the
slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to
shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or
time, or important change of character; hence, a
subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play,
subordinate to the act, but differently determined in
different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything
occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition,
or action.
“In Troy, there lies the scene.” --Shak.
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The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason.
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5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a
series of actions and events exhibited in their
connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
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Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
--Addison.
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6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
--Dryden.
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7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before
others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course
of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
to wait for some explosions between parties, both
equally ready to take offense, and careless of
giving it. --De Quincey.
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Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives
and agencies of what appears to public view.
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Scene
\Scene\, v. t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
--Abp. Sancroft.
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