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scene

noun

1 others were treated at the scene of the accident for cuts and bruises:

location, site, place, position, point, spot;

locale, whereabouts;

arena, stage, set;

technical locus.

2 tapestries and shields adorned the wall, setting the scene for the conference | the scene is London, in the late 1890s:

background, setting, context, milieu, backdrop;

French mise en scène.

3 there had been terrible scenes of violence in Europe:

incident, event, episode, happening, moment.

4 an impressive mountain scene:

view, vista, outlook, panorama, prospect, sight;

landscape, scenery;

picture, tableau, spectacle.

5 she made an embarrassing scene outside the bank:

fuss, exhibition of oneself, performance, tantrum, outburst, commotion, disturbance, row, upset, contretemps, furore, brouhaha;

informal song and dance, to-do;

British, informal carry-on.

6 Michael never joined in—I don't think it was his scene | the Irish music scene:

area of interest, field of interest, field, interest, speciality, territory, province, preserve;

sphere, world, milieu, realm, domain;

informal thing.

7 the last scene of the play:

subdivision, division, section, segment.

8 a scene from a Laurel and Hardy film:

section, segment, part, clip, sequence.

□ behind the scenes

1 informal discussions continued behind the scenes:

secretly, in secret, privately, in private, behind closed doors, clandestinely, surreptitiously;

confidentially, off the record;

informal on the quiet, on the q.t..

▷antonyms publicly.

2 behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity:

secret, private, clandestine, surreptitious;

confidential.

▷antonyms public.

scene Oxford Dictionary of English