scenario

sce·nar·i·o  (s-nâr-, -när-, -nr-)

n. pl. sce·nar·i·os

1. An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.

2.

a. An outline for a screenplay.

b. A treatment for a screenplay.

c. A screenplay.

3. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events: "In the scenario posed by many climatologists, decades of continued global warming would raise sea levels anywhere from 20 inches to more than 11 feet" (San Francisco Chronicle).

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[Italian, from scena, scene, from Latin scaena; see scene.]

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scenario

Noun

pl -narios

1. a summary of the plot and characters of a play or film

2. an imagined sequence of future events: the likeliest scenario is another general election [Italian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scenario - an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) playscript, script, book - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
	2.	scenario - a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror" setting, scene - the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
	3.	scenario - a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack" assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

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scenario

noun 1. situation, sequence of events, chain of events, course of events, series of developments

noun 2. story line, résumé, outline, sketch, summary, rundown, synopsis

Translations

scenario [sɪˈnɑːrɪəu] n (THEAT) → argumento;

(CINE) → guión m;

(fig) → escenario

scenario [sɪˈnɑːrɪəu] n → scénario m

scenario [sɪˈnɑːrɪəu] n (Theat, Cine) → Szenarium nt (fig); Szenario nt

scenario [sɪˈnɑːrɪəu] n (THEAT, CINE) → copione m;

(fig) → situazione f