scenario

C1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ UK /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #5928

Meanings

1

noun
A description of a possible sequence of events that might happen.

Planners prepared for several scenarios in case of a flood.
2

noun
An outline of the plot of a film, play, or story.

The writer sketched out the scenario before writing the script.

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Word family

Forms scenarios

Related forms scenariascenarii

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.

Topics

General Vocabulary

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# scenario

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 5928

## Meanings
1. A description of a possible sequence of events that might happen.
2. An outline of the plot of a film, play, or story.

## Examples
- Planners prepared for several scenarios in case of a flood.
- The writer sketched out the scenario before writing the script.

## Related Forms
- scenaria
- scenarii

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Scenario is borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario. The older chain passes through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- > Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ) > Latin scēna > Italian scena > Proto-Indo-European *-yós > Proto-Italic *-āzios > Latin -ārius > Latin -ārium. In present-day use, it can mean a description of a possible sequence of events that might happen, or an outline of the plot of a film, play, or story. Related vocabulary includes scenaria and scenarii.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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