scene

scene is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
2. noun. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
3. noun. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
4. noun. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
5. noun. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
6. noun. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
7. noun. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
8. transitive verb. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
9. noun. graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

   "he painted scenes from everyday life"

   "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"

   Synonyms: view

10. noun. the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

    "they worked all night painting the scenery"

    Synonyms: scenery

11. noun. the visual percept of a region

    "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

    Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, view, vista

12. noun. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

    Synonyms: shot

13. noun. a subdivision of an act of a play

    "the first act has three scenes"

14. noun. an incident (real or imaginary)

    "their parting was a sad scene"

15. noun. the context and environment in which something is set

    "the perfect setting for a ghost story"

    Synonyms: setting

16. noun. the place where some action occurs

    "the police returned to the scene of the crime"

17. noun. a situation treated as an observable object

    "the political picture is favorable"

    "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

    Synonyms: picture

18. noun. a display of bad temper

    "he had a fit"

    "she threw a tantrum"

    Synonyms: conniption, fit, tantrum

Synonyms

view, scenery, aspect, panorama, prospect, vista, shot, setting, picture, conniption, fit, tantrum

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scene:

cense, sence

Common word forms

scenes, sceneful

Words from these letters

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