Noun: scenario su'ner-ee,ow [N. Amer], su'naa-ree,ow [Brit]
- A postulated sequence of possible events
"planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack"
- An outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
"The writer submitted a detailed scenario for the proposed television series"
- A setting for a work of art or literature
"the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror"
Derived forms: scenarios
Type of: assumption, backdrop, book, playscript, premise, premiss, scene, script, setting
Encyclopedia: Scenario