scene
noun [C] (VIEW) /siːn/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 a view or picture of a place, event, or activity: Lowry painted street scenes. scenes of everyday lifefigurative There were scenes of great joy as the hostages were re-united with their families.PicturesScenery and views
(Definition of scene noun (VIEW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -scape suffix
- a bird's eye view idiom
- aspect noun (DIRECTION)
- backdrop noun
- background noun (PICTURE)
- command verb (VIEW)
- have a grandstand view idiom
- look verb (DIRECTION)
- lookout noun
- outlook noun (VIEW)
- overlook noun
- overlook verb (VIEW)
- panorama noun
- prospect noun (VIEW)
- scenic adjective
- the middle distance noun
- vantage point noun (PLACE)
- view noun (SIGHT)
- viewpoint noun (SIGHT)
- vista noun
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