SCENARIO | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of scenario in English scenarionoun [ C ] uk /sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/ us /səˈner.i.oʊ/ plural scenarios

scenario noun [C] (POSSIBLE EVENT)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 a description of possible actions or events in the future: There are several possible scenarios. a horrific/nightmare scenario such as a Third World War See also worst-case scenario

• The most likely scenario is that house prices rise again, forcing interest rates up.
• The worst scenario is that we lose two or three thousand pounds.
• There are several possible scenarios.
• Imagine the scenario - David turns up and we're all there, waiting for him.
• A doomsday scenario is not out of the question.

Predicting things and intuition

• augur
• augury
• bad omen
• bellwether
• betcha
• gut instinct
• herald
• herald someone/something as something
• horizon scanning
• hunch
• prefigure
• premonition
• premonitory
• presage
• prescience
• that tracks idiom
• there's no knowing/telling/saying idiom
• unforeseeable
• unintuitively
• unreasoning

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scenario noun [C] (PLAN)

a written plan of the characters and events in a play or film Accounts and stories

• anecdote
• another
• anti-narrative
• backstory
• be another story idiom
• bodice-ripper
• cautionary tale
• horror story
• in medias res
• kompromat
• legend
• legend has it
• legendary
• plotline
• reminiscence
• rundown
• running commentary phrase
• semi-legendary
• write something up phrasal verb
• yarn

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scenario | American Dictionary

scenarionoun [ C ] us /səˈneər·iˌoʊ, -ˈnɑr-/ plural scenarios Add to word list Add to word list a description of possible events, or a description of the story of a movie, play, or other performance The worst-case scenario is the worst situation that can be imagined: In the worst-case scenario, the whole coast would be under water. (Definition of scenario from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

scenario | Business English

scenarionoun [ C ] uk /sɪˈnɑːriəʊ/ us Add to word list Add to word list one of several possible situations that could exist in the future: The company had planned for every possible scenario. The most likely scenario is that an investment firm buys the building. The worst case scenario is that nothing improves. (Definition of scenario from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of scenario

scenario Elasticities obtained vary from 0.6, 0.7 to 1.5 or even 1.7 in two scenarios. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, we argue that scenarios conceptually equivalent to the muddy children puzzle can occur in robotics. From the Cambridge English Corpus Over a range of vaccination scenarios the model informs as to the effectiveness of various levels of vaccination coverage on prison reception. From the Cambridge English Corpus Table 5 shows these scenarios in a 2r2 table. From the Cambridge English Corpus In each version, the order of the scenarios was held constant, but the order of the conditions was counterbalanced. From the Cambridge English Corpus In political science, the task is more difficult, and requires either comparative analysis or the careful use of counterfactual scenarios. From the Cambridge English Corpus In both scenarios, almost half of the redistribution away from the top quintile went to the third and fourth quintiles. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both scenarios do not bode well for his academic future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Two alternative scenarios were simulated aiming at improved energy self-reliance in the organic cash crop farms. From the Cambridge English Corpus As some of the scenarios are based on very few cases from the database, generalizability of the results is also limited. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both these scenarios elicit staff responses which in themselves influence the patient's reactance and involvement in rehabilitation. From the Cambridge English Corpus There are two possible scenarios in which they are not both true. From the Cambridge English Corpus Participants rated pairs of test scenarios that varied on characteristics such as test sensitivity and painfulness. From the Cambridge English Corpus Statistical scenarios forecast a moderate increase in life expectancy and decrease in mortality. From the Cambridge English Corpus An advantage of modeling is the low cost of simulating treatment program costs and consequences for chronic diseases in selected scenarios using available short-run data. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of scenario These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of scenario?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 可能的事件, 可能發生的事態, 設想… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 可能的事件, 可能发生的事态, 设想… See more in Spanish escenario, guion, escenario [masculine… See more in Portuguese cenário, situação [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Polish in Norwegian in Urdu घटनाक्रम… See more senaryo… See more scénario [masculine]… See more భవిష్యత్తులో సాధ్యమయ్యే చర్యలు లేదా సంఘటనల వివరణ… See more எதிர்காலத்தில் சாத்தியமான செயல்கள் அல்லது நிகழ்வுகளின் விளக்கம்… See more परिदृश्य, भविष्य के संभावित क्रियाओं या घटनाओं का विवरण… See more দৃশ্যবিবরণী, ভবিষ্যতের সম্ভাব্য কাজ বা ঘটনার বিবরণ… See more ભવિષ્યમાં સંભવિત કાર્યો અથવા ઘટનાઓનું વર્ણન… See more scenariusz… See more scenario [neuter], prognose [masculine]… See more منظر نامہ… See more Need a translator?

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