scene
the place where some action occurs
How often you will meet it
Rank 742 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,227 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the place where some action occurs the police returned to the scene of the crime
- an incident (real or imaginary) their parting was a sad scene
- the visual percept of a region also: view, aspect, prospect, vista, panorama the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film also: shot
- a situation treated as an observable object also: picture the political picture is favorablethe religious scene in England has changed in the last century
- a subdivision of an act of a play the first act has three scenes
scene in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is all cleared up in the last scene, though.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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I had not ridden a minute, when I came on a fearful scene.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Then read a short scene in detail, allowing each actor to read several parts.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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One looks about and sees everywhere high-bred faces, strong faces, open-eyed, drinking in this extraordinary scene.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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At Ion Mrs. Elsie Travilla stood at the window of her dressing-room gazing with delighted eyes upon the lovely scene.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1