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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place,
     a tent, a stage.]
     1. 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.
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     2. 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.
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     3. 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.
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              My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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     4. 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. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak.
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              The world is a vast scene of strife.  --J. M. Mason.
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     5. 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.
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              Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
                                                    --Addison.
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     6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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              A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
              Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     7. 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.
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              Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
              to wait for some explosions between parties, both
              equally ready to take offense, and careless of
              giving it.                            --De Quincey.
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     {Behind the scenes}, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
        the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
        machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives
        and agencies of what appears to public view.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scene \Scene\, v. t.
     To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
     --Abp. Sancroft.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scene
       n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
            the scene of the crime"
       2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
          scene"
       3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
          of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: {view}, {aspect},
           {prospect}, {vista}, {panorama}]
       4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
          action in a film [syn: {shot}]
       5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
          picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
          changed in the last century" [syn: {picture}]
       6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
          scenes"
       7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
          tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}, {conniption}]
       8: 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" [syn: {view}]
       9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
          perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: {setting}]
       10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
           suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
           painting the scenery" [syn: {scenery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  196 Moby Thesaurus words for "scene":
     access, act, act drop, action, afterpiece, agora, airscape,
     altercation, amphitheater, appear, area, arena, argument, asbestos,
     asbestos board, athletic field, auditorium, back, backdrop,
     background, batten, bear garden, behind the scenes, bit,
     blaze of temper, blowup, border, bowl, boxing ring, brouhaha,
     bull ring, burst, campus, canvas, chapter, chaser, circus,
     cityscape, cloth, cloudscape, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum,
     commotion, confidentially, coulisse, counterweight, course,
     curtain, curtain board, curtain call, curtain raiser, cyclorama,
     decor, diorama, display, distance, disturbance, divertimento,
     divertissement, drop, drop curtain, epilogue, episode, eruption,
     exhibition, exode, exodus, explosion, expository scene, exterior,
     farmscape, field, finale, fire curtain, flare-up, flat, flipper,
     floor, forum, get about, get around, go out, ground, gym,
     gymnasium, hall, hanging, high words, hinterland, hippodrome,
     hoke act, incident, interior, interlude, intermezzo, intermission,
     introduction, landscape, lists, locale, locality, location,
     lookout, make the scene, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene,
     number, open forum, outburst, outlook, palaestra, panorama,
     parade ground, part, participate, pastoral, perspective, picture,
     pit, place, platform, precinct, privately, prize ring, prologue,
     prospect, public square, purlieu, rag, range, rear, ring,
     riverscape, routine, row, scape, scene of action, scenery,
     scenic view, screen, seapiece, seascape, secretly, section,
     segment, set, setting, shtick, side scene, sight, site, sketch,
     skit, skyscape, snowscape, socialize, song and dance, sphere, spot,
     squared circle, stadium, stage, stage screw, stage set,
     stage setting, stand-up comedy act, storm, striptease,
     surreptitiously, sweep, tab, tableau, tantrum, teaser, terrain,
     theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, tormentor, townscape,
     transformation, transformation scene, turn, upset, view, vista,
     walk, waterscape, whereabouts, wing, wingcut, woodcut,
     wrestling ring
  
  

















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