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scenario

Main Entry:: sce·nar·io
Pronunciation:: \sə-ˈner-ē-ˌō, US also and especially British -ˈnär-\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural sce·nar·i·os
Etymology:: Italian, from Latin scaenarium place for erecting stages, from scaena stage
Date:: 1875

1 a: an outline or synopsis of a play; especially : a plot outline used by actors of the commedia dell'arte b: the libretto of an opera2 a: screenplay b: shooting script3: a sequence of events especially when imagined; especially : an account or synopsis of a possible course of action or events <his scenario for a settlement envisages…reunification — Selig Harrison>

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