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scenario

sce·nar·i·o [ sə nárree ō, sə nérree ō, sə nree ō ] (plural sce·nar·i·os)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. possible situation: an imagined sequence of possible events, or an imagined set of circumstances
the worst-case scenario

2. literature music plot outline: an outline of the plot of a play or opera

3. movies screenplay: a screenplay for a movie

[Late 19th century. < Italian, < scena "scene" < Latin scaena (see scene1)]
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