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Antonyms for scene

Grammar : Noun
Spell : seen
Phonetic Transcription : sin

Definition of scene

Origin :
  • 1530s, "subdivision of an act of a play," also "stage-setting," from Middle French scène (14c.), from Latin scaena, scena "scene, stage of a theater," from Greek skene "wooden stage for actors," also "that which is represented on stage," originally "tent or booth," related to skia "shadow, shade," via notion of "something that gives shade," from PIE root *skai- "to shine, flicker, glimmer" (see shine (v.)).
  • Meaning "material apparatus of a theatrical stage" is from 1540s. Meaning "place in which the action of a literary work occurs" is attested from 1590s; general (non-literary) sense of "place where anything is done or takes place" is recorded from 1590s. Hence U.S. slang sense of "setting or milieu for a specific group or activity," attested from 1951 in Beat jargon. Meaning "stormy encounter between two or more persons" is attested from 1761. Behind the scenes "having knowledge of affairs not apparent to the public" (1660s) is an image from the theater, "amid actors and stage machinery" (out of sight of the audience). Scene of the crime (1923) first attested in Agatha Christie.
  • noun setting of a performance or event
  • noun part of a dramatic performance
  • noun display of emotion
  • noun field of interest
Example sentences :
  • She returned at last to her little home, to find it a scene of desolation.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • By this time several persons had hurried to the scene of the encounter.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • There is a grandeur in the ruin to be enjoyed, as well as a scene of beauty from its towers.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • A commercial minister had appeared on the scene, and the shade of Hoskisson had revived.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • "I wonder who will be first on the scene," speculated Grace.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Of all this scene, the slumbering river has a dream-picture in its bosom.
  • Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But he did not profane that scene by the mockery of his art.
  • Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The scene of Turkish cruelty was now transferred to the isle of Crete.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The circumstances were painful, but added a dramatic touch to the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • For he felt that if this scene continued he would go mad with shame.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for scene

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