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sce·nar·i·o    (s-nâr-, -när-, -nr-) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. sce·nar·i·os

1. An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
2. 1. An outline for a screenplay.
   2. A treatment for a screenplay.
   3. 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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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, from scena, scene, from Latin scaena ; see scene

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