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scenario

sce·na·rio

UK/sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/ US/sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ fairly common

noun

1.

an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

2.

a setting for a work of art or literature

  • “the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror”
3.

a postulated sequence of possible events

  • “planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack”

Phrases

  • best-case scenario
  • economic scenario generator
  • happy day scenario
  • worst-case scenario

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