Definition of "scene" []

• Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect. (noun)
• The place where an action or event occurs: the scene of the crime. (noun)
• The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting. (noun)
• A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous. (noun)
• A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action. (noun)

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• "Bertram -- attentively, but gaze admiringly at the scene -- _at the scene_ -- oh! man, _do_ what I bid ye -- your life hangs on it."
• "This rain scene is one of my all time favorite movie scenes."
• "(The Ben Affleck as Alec Baldwin scene is truly unforgivable, though.)"