intj · noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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sēn
/siːn/
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homophone: seen
rhymes with -iːn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
intj
Meaning 1
A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
Examples
Near-synonym: cut!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: end scene!, and scene!, cut
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The location of an event that attracts attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the scene of the crime
Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The stage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
Examples
They stood in the centre of the scene.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
Examples
to paint scenes
to change the scenes
behind the scenes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
An element of fiction writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
She got into the emo scene at an early age.
Indie just isn't my scene.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
(by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
(by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
(by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: aesthetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
A fantasy that is acted out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
verb
Meaning 15
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
verb
Meaning 16
To roleplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
verb
Meaning 17
Short for demoscene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: light, darkness, dark, shadow, field of honor, stage, venue, locale, locus
26
noun
Meaning 26
a situation treated as an observable object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the political picture is favorable
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: picture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: situation, state of affairs
27
noun
Meaning 27
a display of bad temper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he had a fit
she threw a tantrum
he made a scene
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fit, tantrum, conniption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bad temper, ill temper
History
Etymology
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Antillean Creole:
senn
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Arabic:
مَنْظَر
(manẓar)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Arabic:
مَشْهَد
(mašhad)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Azerbaijani:
səhnə
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Belarusian:
сцэ́на
(scéna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Bulgarian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Catalan:
escena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Chinese Mandarin:
景色
(jǐngsè)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Chinese Mandarin:
景象
(jǐngxiàng)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Chinese Mandarin:
現場 /现场
(xiànchǎng)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Chinese Mandarin:
場面 /场面
(chǎngmiàn)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Czech:
scéna
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Danish:
scene
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Dutch:
scène
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Esperanto:
sceno
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Finnish:
näyttämö
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Finnish:
kulissi
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Finnish:
tapahtumapaikka
— the location of an event that attracts attention
French:
scène
— the location of an event that attracts attention
German:
Szene
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Greek:
σκηνή
(skiní)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Haitian Creole:
sèn
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Hebrew:
סְצֵנָה
(stséna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Hungarian:
szín
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Hungarian:
színhely
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Icelandic:
vettvangur
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Ido:
ceno
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Indonesian:
tempat kejadian
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Italian:
scena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Japanese:
現場
(genba)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Japanese:
シーン
(shīn)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Korean:
장면
(jangmyeon)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Latin:
locus
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Luxembourgish:
Zeen
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Macedonian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Malayalam:
രംഗം
(raṅgaṁ)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Norwegian:
scene
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Persian:
صحنه
(sahne)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Polish:
scena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Portuguese:
cena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Romanian:
scenă
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Russian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Serbo-Croatian:
позорје
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Serbo-Croatian:
позо́рница
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Serbo-Croatian:
pozorje
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Serbo-Croatian:
pozórnica
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Slovak:
scéna
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Slovene:
scena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Slovene:
prizor
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Spanish:
escena
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Swedish:
scen
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Telugu:
దృశ్యం
(dr̥śyaṁ)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Ukrainian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— the location of an event that attracts attention
Azerbaijani:
səhnə
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Bulgarian:
деко́р
(dekór)
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Finnish:
kulissi
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
French:
scène
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Indonesian:
panggung
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Russian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Swedish:
scen
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Swedish:
sceneri
— (theater) decorations, furnishing and backgrounds of a stage — see also decor
Armenian:
տեսարան
(tesaran)
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Azerbaijani:
səhnə
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Bulgarian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Finnish:
kohtaus
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
French:
scène
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
German:
Szene
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Indonesian:
adegan
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Japanese:
シーン
(shīn)
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Malay:
adegan
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Malay:
babak
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Māori:
kāpeka
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Māori:
papātanga
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Norwegian Bokmål:
scene
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Norwegian Nynorsk:
scene
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Polish:
scena
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Russian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Spanish:
escena
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Swedish:
scen
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Ukrainian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— (theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time
Arabic:
مَشْهَد
(mašhad)
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Chinese Mandarin:
場景 /场景
(chǎngjǐng, chángjǐng)
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Finnish:
tapahtumapaikka
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
French:
scène
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Russian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Spanish:
escenario
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Swedish:
scen
— location, time, circumstance, etc., in which something occurs
Bulgarian:
карти́на
(kartína)
— combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place
Bulgarian:
пейза́ж
(pejzáž)
— combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place
Bulgarian:
сце́на
(scéna)
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Finnish:
kohtaus
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
French:
scène
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
French:
scène de ménage
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Portuguese:
escândalo
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Spanish:
escena
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Swedish:
scen
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Swedish:
uppträdande
— exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others
Finnish:
skene
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
French:
scène
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Indonesian:
belantika
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Italian:
scena
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Portuguese:
cena
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Spanish:
escena
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Spanish:
ámbito
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Spanish:
esfera
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Swedish:
scen
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Vietnamese:
giới
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
Welsh:
sîn
— informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest
