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to enter the scene

to enter the scene

1 3.8
To come into a situation and begin to take part or change it
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈɛntər ðə siːn/
translation icon : entrar en escena
  • When the expert finally entered the scene, everyone turned their attention to him.
  • first entered the scene

How did finance or investing enter the scene for you?

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Examples

  • But as new developments and forces have entered the scene, serious engagement with matters pedagogical has become much more widespread.

    Academic text (2006)

  • How did finance or investing enter the scene for you?

    Tim Ferriss

  • Even culture changes as people come and go, are born and die, and new ideas or ways of doing things enter the scene.

    Blog text (7)

  • Another power entered the scene.

    The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

  • How did fitness and diet enter the scene for you?

  • A young man enters the scene named Napoleon Bonaparte, a product of the French Revolution.

  • With World War I over, Deffontaines, who was to be Brunhes' one true disciple, entered the scene.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Fateh activists thus entered the scene from this angle, i.e., challenging the Authority's credibility as a revolutionary force.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Blogs, Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, and many other applications entered the scene and made it virtually impossible for anyone to keep from creating a personal brand, whether they wanted to or not.

    Blog text (23)

  • I think it's sometimes useful for modern Australians and modern Americans, whether Aborigine, Indian, or European, to reflect upon the simple fact that almost 80 percent of human history had been played out before the continents of the Americas and Australia ever entered the scene.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

to step in
vsto enter the scene
240 3.2

To get involved to help or take someone's place

arrives rather than intervenes specifically to help
to enter
vsto enter the scene
136 1.3

To have an effect on a decision or situation as a factor

arrives to join and begin active involvement in events
to enter the picture
vsto enter the scene
  • Informal
5 5.3

To become part of a situation and start to change what happens

arrives marking the start of involvement or a new phase

Antonyms

to leave
∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

to exit
125 1.0

To go out of a place or leave a situation

How Significant

to influence
591 2.2
to enter the scene
1 3.8
to join in
143 1.1
to appear
873 1.0

Surface Forms

enter the scene infinitive
entered the scene past
entered the scene past participle
entering the scene present participle
enters the scene third person singular

Morphology

enter + the + scene

The meaning 'to arrive at a place or situation' is directly derivable from combining 'enter' (to come into) with 'scene' (place or setting of events); the phrase simply applies the literal motion/entry sense to a setting. This verb + location composition is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'entrar en escena', French 'entrer en scène') and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Enter the scene comes from the picture of a play: when an actor enters a scene, they step onto the stage at an important moment and can change what happens. So, it means 'to arrive and become involved' in events.