scene

A2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /siːn/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like sin /ɪ/ vs /iː/

noun Freq #932

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1

noun
The place where something, especially an event or accident, happens.

The police returned to the scene of the crime.
2

noun
A part of a play, film, or book in which the action happens in one place.

The first act has three scenes.
3

noun
A view or situation as you see it.

It was a peaceful scene by the lake.
4

noun
A loud or angry display of emotion in public.

Please don't make a scene in the restaurant.

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3 noun · a view or situation as you... view

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Forms scenes

Derived forms behind-the-scenesdrop-sceneinterscenemidscenemultiscenenonsceneon-scenescene-dockscene-roomscene-shifterscene-stealerscene-stealing

Related forms proscenium

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Etymology

From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.

scene Middle English scaena Latin σκηνή Ancient Greek

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# scene

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** siːn
**Frequency rank:** 932

## Meanings
1. The place where something, especially an event or accident, happens.
2. A part of a play, film, or book in which the action happens in one place.
3. A view or situation as you see it.
4. A loud or angry display of emotion in public.

## Examples
- The police returned to the scene of the crime.
- The first act has three scenes.
- It was a peaceful scene by the lake.
- Please don't make a scene in the restaurant.

## Derived Forms
- behind-the-scenes
- drop-scene
- interscene
- midscene
- multiscene
- nonscene
- on-scene
- scene-dock
- scene-room
- scene-shifter
- scene-stealer
- scene-stealing

## Related Forms
- proscenium

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scene
- Root: scaena
- Root: σκηνή

## Etymology
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.

## AI Etymology
Scene is from Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English scene, Middle French scene, Latin scaena, Ancient Greek σκηνή. In current use it includes senses such as The place where something, especially an event or accident, happens and A part of a play, film, or book in which the action happens in one place.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Senses & Perception

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