- scene */*/*/
- UK [siːn] / US [sɪn]
noun [countable]
Word forms "scene":
singular scene plural scenes1) a part of a play, book, film etc in which events happen in the same place or period of timeopening/final scene:a love scene
film/shoot/rehearse a scene:the opening scene of Macbeth
We have to shoot this scene today.
2) a view that you can see in a picture or from the place where you areShe stood in the doorway surveying the scene.
paintings that depict scenes of country life
3)a) [usually singular] a place where something happens, usually something badscene of:on/at the scene:the scene of the crime/accident/attack
The paramedics will be at the scene within a few minutes.
b) something that happens in a particular placedescribe/imagine/picture/visualize a scene:scene of:Picture a peaceful scene and try to relax.
Eyewitness reports describe a scene of desolation.
4) [usually singular] a particular interest or activity, and the people and places that are involved in itHe is an important figure on the political scene.
the music/rave/dance scene
5) a noisy argument or a strong show of feelings in a public placemake/cause a scene:Stop making such a scene!
6) [usually singular] mainly American informal a situationThere's a bad scene at home right now.
•be/come on the scene
— to start to exist or to get involved in a situation or activitya band that first came on the scene in the 1980s
English dictionary. 2014.