Definition of "scenario" []

• An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work. (noun)
• An outline for a screenplay. (noun)
• A treatment for a screenplay. (noun)
• A screenplay. (noun)
• An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events: "In the scenario posed by many climatologists, decades of continued global warming would raise sea levels anywhere from 20 inches to more than 11 feet” ( San Francisco Chronicle). (noun)

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• "This report includes what we term scenario forecasts."
• "The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology: This report includes what we term scenario forecasts."
• "This season the pressure is still there, but of a different kind as it is merely a case of handling the title scenario, and not coping with everything else also going on in the background."