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prospect
English
Etymology
From Latin prospectus, past participle of prospicere (“to look forward”), from pro (“before, forward”) + specere, spicere (“to look, to see”), equivalent to pro- +? -spect
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??sp?kt/
- (General American) enPR: präs?p?kt, IPA(key): /?p??sp?kt/
- (verb)
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?-sp?kt?, IPA(key): /p???sp?kt/
- (General American) enPR: präs?p?kt, IPA(key): /?p??sp?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: pros?pect
Noun
prospect (plural prospects)
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- Their prospect was toward the south.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- a very ill prospect of a future state
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life?
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
Translations
Verb
prospect (third-person singular simple present prospects, present participle prospecting, simple past and past participle prospected)
- (intransitive) To search, as for gold.
- (geology, mining) To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
Translations
Anagrams
- croppest
Romanian
Etymology
From German Prospekt
Noun
prospect n (plural prospecte)
- brochure
Declension
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scene
English
Alternative forms
- scæne (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, sc?na, from Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?n, IPA(key): /si?n/
- Homophone: seen
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
scene (plural scenes)
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- (archaic, theater) the stage.
- (theater) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
- (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
- c. 1810, John M. Mason, On Religious Controversy
- The world is a vast scene of strife.
- c. 1810, John M. Mason, On Religious Controversy
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Kolsterheim
- Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Kolsterheim
- An element of fiction writing.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- proscenium
Verb
scene (third-person singular simple present scenes, present participle scening, simple past and past participle scened)
- (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Anagrams
- cenes, cense, sence
Danish
Etymology
Via Latin scaena from Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?n?/, [?se?n?]
- Homophone: sene
Noun
scene c (singular definite scenen, plural indefinite scener)
- stage (platform for performing in a theatre)
- scene (section of a film or a play)
- scene (a setting or a behaviour)
Inflection
Derived terms
- iscenesætte
- sceneri
- sceneshow
Italian
Noun
scene f pl
- plural of scena
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1486, borrowed from Latin scaena.
Noun
scene f
- stage (location where a play, etc., takes place)
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- sene
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena
Noun
scene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene)
- a stage (in a theatre)
- a scene (in a film or play)
Derived terms
- iscenesette
- sceneshow
References
- “scene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- sene
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (sk?n?, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena
Noun
scene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scenar, definite plural scenane)
scene f (definite singular scena, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene)
- a stage (in a theatre)
- a scene (in a film or play)
Derived terms
- sceneshow
References
- “scene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skaun?, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?.ne/
Adjective
s??ne
- Alternative form of s??ene
Declension
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