scene
The location of an event that attracts attention.
Noun 4 meanings
The location of an event that attracts attention.
“the scene of the crime”
The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
“to paint scenes”
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 play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.”
The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
Verb 2 meanings
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
To roleplay.
Interjection 1 meaning
A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
“Near-synonym: cut!”
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.
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SCENE at a glance
SCENE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + E 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,110 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with scene
All rhymes- GENE5
- HYGIENE14
- INTERVENE12
- OBSCENE11
- SERENE6
- CONVENE12
- GRAPHENE14
- KEROSENE12
- PLEISTOCENE15
- POLYETHYLENE23
- MAGDALENE13
- ETHYLENE14
One letter away
- SCENT7
- SCONE7
- SKENE9
- SCENA7
- SCEND8
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