LekhoriLekhoriThe location of an event that attracts attention.
the scene of the crime
The stage.
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.
to paint scenes
A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
Near-synonym: cut!
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.
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