noun
Freq #5928
Meanings
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1
noun
A description of a possible sequence of events that might happen.
Planners prepared for several scenarios in case of a flood.
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2
noun
An outline of the plot of a film, play, or story.
The writer sketched out the scenario before writing the script.
Thesaurus
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.