scenario

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Planners prepared for several scenarios in case of a flood.

2. 2
   noun

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

   The writer sketched out the scenario before writing the script.

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.

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