Scenery
noun
The natural features of a landscape considered in terms of their appearance, especially when beautiful.
The hikers stopped to admire the breathtaking mountain scenery.
Often appears as...
- beautiful scenery
- mountain scenery
noun
The painted background or other surroundings on a theatre stage.
The play has a minimalist scenery with only a table and some chairs.
Often appears as...
- stage scenery
- minimalist scenery
Usage tips
Neutral
Theatrical
noun
The natural features of a landscape considered in terms of their appearance, especially when beautiful.
The hikers stopped to admire the breathtaking mountain scenery.
Often appears as...
- beautiful scenery
- mountain scenery
noun
The painted background or other surroundings on a theatre stage.
The play has a minimalist scenery with only a table and some chairs.
Often appears as...
- stage scenery
- minimalist scenery
Usage tips
Neutral
Theatrical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Scenery is often used to describe places that are visually stunning or picturesque.
The scenic route offered mesmerizing countryside scenery.
Pro Tip 2/3Travel Context
Use 'scenery' when talking about the visual aspects of a place during trips or vacations.
We visited the Alps for the incredible mountain scenery.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Scenery' usually implies beauty or a pleasing aesthetic and is seldom used for unattractive views.
Despite the long journey, the beautiful scenery along the way made it worthwhile.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Scenery is often used to describe places that are visually stunning or picturesque.
The scenic route offered mesmerizing countryside scenery.
Pro Tip 2/3Travel Context
Use 'scenery' when talking about the visual aspects of a place during trips or vacations.
We visited the Alps for the incredible mountain scenery.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Scenery' usually implies beauty or a pleasing aesthetic and is seldom used for unattractive views.
Despite the long journey, the beautiful scenery along the way made it worthwhile.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Appeal
Scenery is often used to describe places that are visually stunning or picturesque.
The scenic route offered mesmerizing countryside scenery.
Pro Tip 2/3Travel Context
Use 'scenery' when talking about the visual aspects of a place during trips or vacations.
We visited the Alps for the incredible mountain scenery.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Scenery' usually implies beauty or a pleasing aesthetic and is seldom used for unattractive views.
Despite the long journey, the beautiful scenery along the way made it worthwhile.
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This computer is...
Can we interpret what someone is seeing using only their brainwaves? Nathan's going to begin by placing electrodes on Christy's head. My life is tangled. And then he's going to show her a bunch of pictures from four different categories. Face, house, scenery and weird pictures. As we show Christy hundreds of these images,
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Everything you need to...
These included descriptions of scenery and lists of characters, and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order.
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Building the impossible:...
Even before construction began, the pair faced all kinds of opposition. The military feared the bridge would make the important harbor an even more vulnerable target. Ferry companies claimed the bridge would steal their business, and residents wanted to preserve the area's natural scenery.
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Where do superstitions...
or at least they did until we forgot their original purpose. For example, theater scenery used to consist of large painted backdrops, raised and lowered by stagehands who would whistle to signal each other. Absentminded whistles from other people could cause an accident.
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An illustrated kingdom...
Through this process, the jungles really came alive to me. They morphed from this undifferentiated sea of green into individual species with individual characters. And I think a lot of people just tend to see plants as background scenery,
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
and it was really neat to kind of compare that lifestyle to what it was before hand and then what it is now and some of the things that I really really enjoyed about that trip you know beyond the scenery and beyond all that was the
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Seal Population...
short idle nothing adventurous just a lazy day and this year pepra DS which is a very popular at kayaking area loads of people come from all over the UK to paddle here because of so much wildlife and the scenery is so fantastic
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How nature engages your...
so could nature imagery maybe help defray that growing deficit and if so how well we know from fMRI studies that measure blood flow to the brain but there's a particular region of the brain that processes scenes and scenery
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Cara E. Yar Khan: The...
But more importantly, it showed me how boldly courageous I can be. My Grand Canyon journey was not easy. This was not a vision of an Amazonian woman effortlessly making her way through epic scenery. This was me crying,
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John Wesley Powell: From...
and the cheer is somber even I the optimist begin to call the Grand Canyon our prison in terms of the magnificence of the scenery there's nothing like it
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This computer is...
Can we interpret what someone is seeing using only their brainwaves? Nathan's going to begin by placing electrodes on Christy's head. My life is tangled. And then he's going to show her a bunch of pictures from four different categories. Face, house, scenery and weird pictures. As we show Christy hundreds of these images,
Video examples
Everything you need to...
These included descriptions of scenery and lists of characters, and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order.
Video examples
Building the impossible:...
Even before construction began, the pair faced all kinds of opposition. The military feared the bridge would make the important harbor an even more vulnerable target. Ferry companies claimed the bridge would steal their business, and residents wanted to preserve the area's natural scenery.
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
or at least they did until we forgot their original purpose. For example, theater scenery used to consist of large painted backdrops, raised and lowered by stagehands who would whistle to signal each other. Absentminded whistles from other people could cause an accident.
Video examples
An illustrated kingdom...
Through this process, the jungles really came alive to me. They morphed from this undifferentiated sea of green into individual species with individual characters. And I think a lot of people just tend to see plants as background scenery,
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
and it was really neat to kind of compare that lifestyle to what it was before hand and then what it is now and some of the things that I really really enjoyed about that trip you know beyond the scenery and beyond all that was the
Video examples
Seal Population...
short idle nothing adventurous just a lazy day and this year pepra DS which is a very popular at kayaking area loads of people come from all over the UK to paddle here because of so much wildlife and the scenery is so fantastic
Video examples
How nature engages your...
so could nature imagery maybe help defray that growing deficit and if so how well we know from fMRI studies that measure blood flow to the brain but there's a particular region of the brain that processes scenes and scenery
Video examples
Cara E. Yar Khan: The...
But more importantly, it showed me how boldly courageous I can be. My Grand Canyon journey was not easy. This was not a vision of an Amazonian woman effortlessly making her way through epic scenery. This was me crying,
Video examples
John Wesley Powell: From...
and the cheer is somber even I the optimist begin to call the Grand Canyon our prison in terms of the magnificence of the scenery there's nothing like it
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
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Andre Iguodala
American Athlete
When things aren't going right, I can get out on the golf course, and when things are going really good on the court, I can go and enjoy the scenery, enjoy the weather. And when I'm too high, I can have golf humble me and beat me up a little bit.
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Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
I suppose, to be fair, I don't miss the energy of youth very much - because I was never fit. So it doesn't matter not being able to walk miles, striding the countryside, taking deep breaths and enjoying the scenery. That was never on my agenda.
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Haruki Murakami
Japanese Writer
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.
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Eliot Sumner
English Musician
I write most of my stuff when I'm on a train or a plane, any mode of transport. I like trains because you hear this motoric rhythm and the scenery is great. You go into your own little world. You don't have to be anywhere else.
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Jorja Fox
American Actress
I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
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Eddie Cantor
American Comedian
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
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Lewis Grizzard
American Writer
Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
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Drew Pomeranz
American Athlete
A change of scenery can help everything.
Quote examples
Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.
Quote examples
Andre Iguodala
American Athlete
When things aren't going right, I can get out on the golf course, and when things are going really good on the court, I can go and enjoy the scenery, enjoy the weather. And when I'm too high, I can have golf humble me and beat me up a little bit.
Quote examples
Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
I suppose, to be fair, I don't miss the energy of youth very much - because I was never fit. So it doesn't matter not being able to walk miles, striding the countryside, taking deep breaths and enjoying the scenery. That was never on my agenda.
Quote examples
Haruki Murakami
Japanese Writer
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.
Quote examples
Eliot Sumner
English Musician
I write most of my stuff when I'm on a train or a plane, any mode of transport. I like trains because you hear this motoric rhythm and the scenery is great. You go into your own little world. You don't have to be anywhere else.
Quote examples
Jorja Fox
American Actress
I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves.
Quote examples
Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
Quote examples
Eddie Cantor
American Comedian
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
Quote examples
Lewis Grizzard
American Writer
Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
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Drew Pomeranz
American Athlete
A change of scenery can help everything.
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