scene

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

   I painted scenes from everyday life.

2. 2
   noun

   the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

   they worked all night painting the scenery

3. 3
   noun

   a subdivision of an act of a play

   the first act has three scenes

4. 4
   noun

   an incident (real or imaginary)

   their parting was a sad scene

5. 5
   noun

   the place where some action occurs

   the police returned to the scene of the crime

6. 6
   noun

   The location of an event that attracts attention.

   the scene of the crime

7. 7
   noun

   The stage.

   They stood in the centre of the scene.

8. 8
   noun

   The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.

   to paint scenes

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.