scene
Because it is a word with a single syllable, scene is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofscene
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
Example: "the scene of the crime"
- The stage.
Example: "They stood in the centre of the scene."
- The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
Example: "behind the scenes"
- 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.
Example: "The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life."
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
Example: "He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe."
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- 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
Example: "The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store."
- An element of fiction writing.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
Example: "She got into the emo scene at an early age."
- To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
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