How to spell scene

hear itscene/sin/nounLong vowels

What it means: The context and environment of something.

In a sentence: The parade was an exciting scene with colorful balloons and music.

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent c. Often misspelled as sceen or seen.

Same family: scenery, scenic, scenario, setting, background. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Scene” comes from the Latin ‘scena’ and Greek ‘skēnē,’ which originally meant a stage or tent used in ancient theaters; that stage meaning later expanded to describe any setting or place where events happen.

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