"scenes" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /siːnz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sinz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-scenes.ogg [General-American] Forms: scænes [alternative, archaic]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} scenes
  1. plural of scene Tags: form-of, plural Form of: scene
    Sense id: en-scenes-en-noun-8qpxECjb
  2. (UK, informal) A funny or incredible and usually chaotic situation. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-scenes-en-noun-SQ4ki8F0 Categories (other): British English

Verb

IPA: /siːnz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sinz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-scenes.ogg [General-American] Forms: scænes [alternative, archaic]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scenes
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scene Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: scene
    Sense id: en-scenes-en-verb-w-ItjJGh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 15 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 8 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 93
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