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noun

scenario

CEFR C1

an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with scenario, each labelled with its topic.

  • The director bought a two-page scenario from a playwright and expanded it into a full script over one summer.

    Movies

  • A surviving scenario for the lost comedy lists the characters, the three acts, and the disguise that drives everything.

    Literature

  • The company posts a scenario in the lobby so audiences can follow the wordless piece scene by scene.

    Art

  • Stravinsky worked from a scenario for the ballet that listed each dance and the moment the puppet comes alive.

    Music

  • Italian troupes of the 1600s improvised from a scenario pinned backstage, a bare outline of entrances and exits.

    History

  • The game master wrote a scenario of three acts, sketching the villain's plan and leaving the dialogue to the players.

    Gaming

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