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Drama

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Noun

1. drama, dramatic play, play

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

Example Sentences:
'he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway'

2. drama, dramatic event

an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

3. drama

the literary genre of works intended for the theater

4. drama

the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drama

see synonyms of drama
noun
1. 
a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play
2. 
the genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage
3. 
the art of the writing and production of plays
4. 
a situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic, or turbulent

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Drama

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noun
1. 
a literary composition that tells a story, usually of human conflict, by means of dialogue and action, to be performed by actors; play; now often specif., any play that is not a comedy
2. 
the art or profession of writing, acting in, or producing plays
3. 
plays collectively
Elizabethan drama
4. 
a series of events so interesting, vivid, etc. as to resemble those of a play
5. 
the quality of being dramatic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drama

see synonyms of drama
n.
1.
a. A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.
b. A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.
2. Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period: Elizabethan drama.
3. The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.
4. A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play: the drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.
5. The quality or condition of being dramatic: a summit meeting full of drama.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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