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In Latin, Scenario is from "Scaena", which is then changed one last time to become "Scaenarius", to express something in particular and not the "scene" in general. The Latin declension of Scaenarius in plural Nominal masculine (yes "scenario" is a masculine word) is Scaenarii.
While ' when' refers to time, 'where' refers to place, but the curious thing about them is that , as relative pronoun they both mean 'in which' or 'at which'. 'Scenario' can suggest a situation already determined or yet to be determined. What's of prime importance is the antecedent— here, the scenario. In a determined situation it is better ...
From the OED: Situation - a. Position of affairs; combination of circumstances. Also in mod. usage, with premodifier, and designating: (a) the state or general circumstances of something at a particular time, as coal situation, etc. (and which is acknowledged to change from time to time); (b) a particular state of affairs or occasion existing independently, as standing credit situation, crisis ...
'Scenario' and 'worst-case' in Merriam-Webster dictionaries "Worst-case scenario" pretty clearly arose from the cobbling together of two terms that already existed in English: the noun scenario—which Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003) dates to 1875 in the sense of "an outline or synopsis of a play," but which seems not to have acquired the sense of "an account or ...
6. The most obvious word that comes to mind is " hypotheticals ". It does not refer to exclusively positive or negative scenarios, but to any imagined, "what if" scenarios. From Wikipedia: Hypotheticals are situations, statements or questions about something imaginary rather than something real. Hypotheticals deal with the concept of "what if ...
I believe the word starts with con-. It describes a made-up scenario that stretches the limits of believability and was clearly made up in order to further the individual's point. A conjecture? : Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
To the prompt "What historical moment would you like to have participated in?", my ESL student chose a Queen Live Aid concert, saying: I’m a huge fan of Queen and Freddie Mercury so I th...
a written outline of a movie, novel, or stage work giving details of the plot and individual scenes : imagine the scenarios for four short stories. • a postulated sequence or development of events : a possible scenario is that he was attacked after opening the front door. • a setting, in particular for a work of art or literature : the ...
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1. @EdwinAshworth, I think they have different meanings. For exmaple Q: "Why did you quit under the situation?" The situation could be "bad economy", "difficulty season for finding a new job" etc. "in the situation" which could be "the individual's bad health condition", "just got devorced" etc. – Zhang.