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scenario
noun
a
possible
situation
or
sequence
of
future
events
•
The
worst-case
scenario
is
that
the
river
floods
the
entire
village
.
The
worst-case
scenario
is
that
the
river
floods
the
entire
village
.
•
In
the
best
scenario
,
the
team
will
finish
building
the
bridge
a
month
early
.
In
the
best
scenario
,
the
team
will
finish
building
the
bridge
a
month
early
.
Italian
scenario
(“
scene
”),
from
Latin
scaenārium
,
originally
meaning
the
written
outline
for
a
stage
play
;
extended
in
English
in
the
20th
century
to
mean
any
imagined
sequence
of
events
.
noun
a
written
outline
of
the
plot
and
scenes
for
a
film
,
play
,
or
performance
•
The
director
read
the
scenario
and
decided
to
add
a
dramatic
opening
scene
.
The
director
read
the
scenario
and
decided
to
add
a
dramatic
opening
scene
.
•
She
spent
weeks
polishing
the
movie
scenario
before
pitching
it
to
the
studio
.
She
spent
weeks
polishing
the
movie
scenario
before
pitching
it
to
the
studio
.
Borrowed
from
early
20th-century
Italian
filmmaking
,
where
scenario
referred
to
the
written
sequence
of
scenes
used
by
directors
and
actors
.
noun
a
pre-designed
setting
and
sequence
of
tasks
used
in
a
simulation
,
video
game
,
or
training
exercise
•
The
flight
simulator
loaded
a
stormy-weather
scenario
to
test
the
pilots
.
The
flight
simulator
loaded
a
stormy-weather
scenario
to
test
the
pilots
.
•
Each
training
scenario
puts
firefighters
in
a
different
type
of
emergency
.
Each
training
scenario
puts
firefighters
in
a
different
type
of
emergency
.
Adopted
in
the
late
20th
century
from
earlier
theatrical
and
planning
uses
to
describe
structured
situations
in
computer
simulations
and
games
.