scenario

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a postulated sequence of possible events

   planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack

2. 2
   noun

   a setting for a work of art or literature

   the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror

3. 3
   noun

   An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

   Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.

4. 4
   noun

   an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

5. 5
   noun

   An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.

6. 6
   noun

   A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der. Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor. Latin scēnabor. Italian scena Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin -āriumbor. Italian -ario Italian scenariobor. English scenario Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.