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Noun scene has 10 senses

scene - the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
--₁ is a kind of area, country
--₁ has particulars:
light; darkness, dark, shadow; field of honor; stage; venue, locale, locus
scene - an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
--₂ is a kind of incident
view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
--₃ is a kind of visual percept, visual image
--₃ has particulars:
background, ground; coast; exposure; foreground; glimpse; middle distance; side view; tableau
scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
--₄ is a kind of photograph, photo, exposure, pic
--₄ is a part of
movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
--₄ has particulars: outtake
picture, scene - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
--₅ is a kind of situation, state of affairs
scene - a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
--₆ is a kind of dramatic composition, dramatic work
--₆ is a part of act
fit, tantrum, scene, conniption - a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
--₇ is a kind of bad temper, ill temper
scene, view - 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"
--₈ is a kind of graphic art
--₈ has parts: subject, content, depicted object
setting, scene - the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
--₉ is a kind of environment, environs, surroundings, surround
--₉ has particulars: scenario
scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
--₁₀ is a kind of stage set, set
--₁₀ has particulars:
backdrop, background, backcloth; flat; masking piece, masking; set piece