English Dictionary
Definition of “drama”
drama (ˈdrɑːmə
)
Definitions
noun
- a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play
- the genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage
- the art of the writing and production of plays
- a situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic, or turbulent
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin: a play, from Greek: something performed, from drān to do
Quotations
"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out"
Alfred Hitchcock"The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with the truth but with effect"
W. Somerset Maugham"Life is full of internal dramas, instantaneous and sensational, played to an audience of one"
Anthony Powell"pantomime: a play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action"
Ambrose Bierce"for what's a play without a woman in it?"
Thomas Kyd
Translations
- British English:
drama
A drama is a serious play for the theatre, television, or radio.He acted in radio dramas.ˈdrɑːmə NOUN He acted in radio dramas.
- Spanish:
drama
nm
- French:
drame
nm
- German:
Drama
nnt Dramen
- Chinese: 戏剧 n
- Arabic: دراما n
- Portuguese: drama nm
- Russian: драма nf
- Croatian: drama nf
- Czech: drama nnt
- Danish: drama nnt
- Dutch: drama nnt
- Finnish: näytelmä n
- Greek: δράμα nnt
- Italian: dramma nm
- Japanese: 劇 n
- Korean: 극 n
- Norwegian: drama nnt
- Polish: dramat nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: drama nm
- European Spanish:
drama
nm
- Swedish: skådespel nnt
- Thai: บทละคร n
- Turkish: dram n
- Vietnamese: kịch n
Usage examples
A bearded face, peering between the lifted curtains of the playroom, reminded him that Thursday was a drama therapy day.
Moore, Margaret, Forests of the Night (1987)Sir Chay Blyth, organiser of the Global Challenge concluded: "This has certainly added to the high drama of the fleet rounding Cape Horn.
Yachting Boating World (2004)Staying with drama , a one-act play by John B. Keane which has not been seen in 30 years will be staged this year.
Irish Times (2002)Poliakoff recently took a rogue urge to have a go at the BBC drama department.
Glasgow Herald (2001)A hush fell over the courtyard as men -realized a drama was unfolding.
Bernard Cornwell, The Grail Quest (3) HERETIC (2004)
