OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14937

scene

/siːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
escena
The location of an event that attracts attention.
Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
the scene of the crime
escena
A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
escenario
The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
In Troy, there lies the scene.
The world is a vast scene of strife.
escena
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
escena • esfera • ámbito
A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
Indie just isn't my scene.
She got into the emo scene at an early age.
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