Meaning & Definition of Scene in English

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"

4. A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

5. A situation treated as an observable object

• "The political picture is favorable"

• "The religious scene in england has changed in the last century"

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"

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"

9. The context and environment in which something is set

• "The perfect setting for a ghost story"

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

• "They worked all night painting the scenery"