scenarios
USsi-NAIR-ee-ohz/sɪˈnɛəɹioʊz/UKsi-NAH-ree-ohz/sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊz/
- 1Plural of scenario.
The planners mapped out best-case and worst-case scenarios for the project.
Investors weigh multiple scenarios before committing their money.
Note
A regular English plural, formed with a plain -s. Nearly every modern use belongs to the forecasting sense of scenario: the imagined sequences of events that planners and analysts set side by side, often paired as best-case and worst-case. The older theatrical and film senses, a plot outline or a screenplay treatment, are dated, so talk of a studio's scenarios now has a period ring.
scenarios is a form of scenario
scenario, noun: A sketch or model of how events are expected or imagined to unfold. Full entry
- Forms
- scenarioscenarios plural
- Spelling
- scenario → scenarios: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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