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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being at the site of an action or event.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Being or occurring at the place or time in question.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective at the scene of action

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