scenario
- noun
- /səˈnɛrɪoʊ/
- In the van, we reviewed the scenario one more time and Alf readied the equipment.
- scenario analysis
- scenario building
- example scenario
Well, I will say the scenario you laid out does fit.
- Well, I will say the scenario you laid out does fit.
- I would choose that scenario if presented with those two options.
- But setting aside that, I can't think of a scenario where it's healthier.
- Well folks, let's talk about the potential scenarios that I see for Bitcoin.
- Everything is literally worst case scenario right now for Democrats.
- So let's say it's a training scenario, a real world mission.
- How do we create that scenario so we can have more of that?
- But there is one scenario where it's not the best thing to do.
- Like what I guess is kind of a best case scenario to move beyond this?
- You only create a scenario where things can get a lot worse.
- So that was a scenario we'd talked through.
- OK, which scenario do you like the best?
- So it's it's it's planning for worst case scenarios more than anything.
- They're having them think about these scenarios that could come up.
- No matter the scenario at hand, I'll give you another example.
Examples
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Everything I've seen is consistent with a relatively simple scenario.
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Given those results, the following scenario is hypothesized to explain the previous and current landing statistics.
Academic text (1999) -
But there is one scenario where it's not the best thing to do.
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I would choose that scenario if presented with those two options.
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All right, so what was your scenario?
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Have you got any idea which scenario you think is more optimal?
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Therefore the scenario will not be finished to present to the financier tomorrow.
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All right, here's the scenario.
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We performed multiple runs of the simulation for each scenario to gather population-level statistics.
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In the workshop, we discussed various scenarios to help employees respond to emergencies.
Synonyms
A story that describes connected events
A series of events in a book, film, or play that form the main plot
An imagined situation used to discuss ideas
A series of events in a story, like in a book or film
Compounds
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Etymology
The word scenario comes from the idea of a play stage, from Italian scena and Greek skēnē meaning 'stage'. So a scenario as an outline or synopsis is like a short plan of the main events that would happen on that stage.