scenenoun
uk/siːn/us/siːn/scene noun (THEATRE/FILM)
B1 [ C ] a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time:
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- The whole of the banquet scene is mimed.
- In the first scene, the camera moves slowly across the room.
- It took seven retakes to get the scene exactly right.
- a steamy love scene
- The love scenes were very tender.
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Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films
- act
- blooper reel
- byplay
- coup de théâtre
- curtain call
- denouement
- finale
- flashback
- fourth wall
- intermission
- interval
- set piece
- showstopper
- sketch
- stage direction
scene noun (VIEW)
B2 [ C ] a view or picture of a place, event, or activity:
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- a scene of desolation
- Our window looked out on a beautiful alpine scene.
- The painting depicts an idyllic pastoral scene of shepherds watching over their grazing sheep.
- Picture the scene - the crowds of people and animals, the noise, the dirt.
- There is a battle scene on the front cover.
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- balloon
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- illustration
- infographic
- pencil
- pixelated
- poster
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
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scene noun (PLACE)
B2 [ C usually singular ] a place where an unpleasant event has happened:
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- Doctors pronounced him clinically dead at the scene of the accident.
- Ambulances, police cars and fire engines all converged on the scene.
- Bloodstained clothing was found near the scene.
- A knife was found at the scene of the crime.
- The car had been abandoned two kilometres away from the scene of the robbery.
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- oxygen bar
- place
- point
- post
- seat
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
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scene noun (AREA)
B2 [ S ] a particular area of activity and all the people or things connected with it:
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- the club scene
- the British contemporary dance scene
- She's the most exciting British singer to emerge on the pop scene for a decade.
- He broke onto the music scene with his first single.
- The newcomer on the radio scene is a commercial station devoted to classical music.
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Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- item
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- subject matter
- sweep
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
- turf
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scene noun (ARGUMENT)
C2 [ C ] an expression of great anger or similar feelings, often between two people, or an occasion when this happens:
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Arguments & disagreements
- argument
- belligerent
- blow up
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- counter-argument
- disharmony
- dispute
- dissonance
- feud
- fracas
- Mexican standoff
- quibble
- rivalry
- row 1
- shindig
- slanging match
- trouble
- tussle
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