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    plural scenes
    
    [count] a division of an act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in time
    
    
    
    
    
    a part of a play, movie, story, etc., in which a particular action or activity occurs
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a view or sight that looks like a picture
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :the place of an event or action
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :an occurrence in which someone becomes angry and loud in a noticeable way in a public place - usually singular
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] a particular area of activity that involves many people
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    someone's usual area of activity or surroundings :the place where someone lives, works, etc. - used in the phrase change of scene
    
    
    
    [count] :something that happens :an event or occurrence
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    behind the scenes
    
    in or into a private or secret place where things are done without being seen or known by the public
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    enter the scene
    
    
    
    on the scene
    
    used to say that someone or something is or has become an important part of a situation, activity, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    set the scene
    
    to give someone information that is needed to understand something
    
    
    
    to create the conditions in which something can happen