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SCENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
Example:
figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment
Synonyms:
scene; view
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)
Meronyms (parts of "scene"):
content; depicted object; subject (something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
Example:
they worked all night painting the scenery
Synonyms:
scene; scenery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
set; stage set (representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scene"):
backcloth; backdrop; background (scenery hung at back of stage)
flat (scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting)
masking; masking piece (scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen)
set piece (a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The visual percept of a region
Example:
the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Synonyms:
aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scene"):
tableau (any dramatic scene)
side view (a view from the side of something)
middle distance (the part of a scene between the foreground and the background)
glimpse (a brief or incomplete view)
foreground (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)
exposure (aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces)
coast (the area within view)
background; ground (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground)
Derivation:
scenic (used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
Synonyms:
scene; shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scene"):
outtake (a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film)
Holonyms ("scene" is a part of...):
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A subdivision of an act of a play
Example:
the first act has three scenes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
dramatic composition; dramatic work (a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.)
Holonyms ("scene" is a part of...):
act (a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An incident (real or imaginary)
Example:
their parting was a sad scene
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
incident (a single distinct event)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The context and environment in which something is set
Example:
the perfect setting for a ghost story
Synonyms:
scene; setting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
environment; environs; surround; surroundings (the area in which something exists or lives)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scene"):
scenario (a setting for a work of art or literature)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The place where some action occurs
Example:
the police returned to the scene of the crime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scene"):
light (an illuminated area)
dark; darkness; shadow (an unilluminated area)
field of honor (the scene of a duel)
stage (any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something)
locale; locus; venue (the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting))
Sense 9
Meaning:
A situation treated as an observable object
Example:
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Synonyms:
picture; scene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A display of bad temper
Example:
he made a scene
Synonyms:
conniption; fit; scene; tantrum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("scene" is a kind of...):
bad temper; ill temper (a persisting angry mood)
Context examples:
One more little scene, and I have done.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet we survey the ground round the scene of the tragedy.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Dance could make nothing of the scene.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is a scene terrifically desolate.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
This interview led to a violent scene in which he lost his life.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A sharp turning, and then a second one, brought them to the head of a short stair, from which they looked straight down upon the scene of the uproar.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In an instant a scene of the wildest animation had set in.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is possible that a big star blew the bubble and, because stars are all in motion, subsequently left the scene, escaping detection.
(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)
The Colonel’s body was then placed upon the sofa, and a careful examination made of the scene of the tragedy.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I longed to see the ocean, which must be the only scene of my escape, if ever it should happen.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
