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scenario

scenario

42 4.8
The place and time where a story or scene happens
  • noun
  • /səˈnɛr.i.oʊ/
  • Literature
translation icon : ambientación
  • Many of these activities are scenarios children have seen and/or experienced, which they choose to reproduce in play.
  • a true-to-life scenario
  • a cartoon scenario
  • scenarios depict

To me, the back story of each tells me a different scenario.

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Examples

  • The characters in the scenario were designed to match the participants' age, gender, and ethnicity.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The hospital scenario encouraged you to trust Dr. Brooks.

    Inferno (2016)

  • Hey, it's not an ideal scenario for anyone, so we'll just try to make the best of it.

    The Glass Castle (2017)

  • And in my head, I was like, it's not quite the romantic scenario that I had in mind.

  • And so that would be the the ideal scenario for someone trading a pair like this.

  • Discuss the ethics of the entire scenario presented in the article.

    Academic text (2008)

  • We compared the baseline scenario against two other scenarios using the model.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The six points in the scenario were illustrated by a professional artist in a youth-friendly manner.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Students set savings goals and track and analyze their savings through increasingly complex scenarios that reflect real-life circumstances.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The playwright created a captivating scenario set in a dystopian future.

Synonyms

scene
vsscenario
∞ 1.5

The place or setting where an event happens, especially a public one

describes the wider artistic context instead of a single event location
background
vsscenario
365 2.6

The facts and context that help explain a situation or event

is used for the specific artistic context of a work rather than general information
setting
vsscenario
317 3.2

The place and time where an event or story happens

is used mainly for art and literary works rather than general situations
stage
vsscenario
169 2.4

A place or situation where events happen

is used mainly for artistic or narrative context rather than metaphorical use

Compounds

grim scenario
7.0

A very serious situation likely to have bad results

How Detailed

world
  • Jargon
621 4.2
environment
∞ 2.7
scenario
  • Literature
42 4.8
setting
317 3.2
backdrop
  • Specialized
3 5.1

Surface Forms

scenario singular
scenarios plural

Etymology

The word scenario comes from the Italian scena and the Greek skēnē, which meant 'stage' or 'scene'. So a scenario as a setting or background is like the 'stage' or scene where a story or piece of art takes place.