What does Drama mean?
Definitions for Drama
ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ədra·ma
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Drama.
Princeton's WordNet
play, drama, dramatic playnoun
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
"he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
drama, dramatic eventnoun
an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
dramanoun
the literary genre of works intended for the theater
dramanoun
the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
Wiktionary
dramanoun
A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
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Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
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Theatrical plays in general
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A dramatic situation in real life
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Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
Dramanoun
A town in Greece.
Etymology: From δρᾶμα, from δράω
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DRAMAnoun
A poem accommodated to action; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented; and in which therefore such rules are to be observed as make the representation probable.
Etymology: δϱαμα.
Many rules of imitating nature Aristotle drew from , which he fitted to the drama; furnishing himself also with observations from the theatre, when it flourished under Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles. John Dryden, Æn. Dedicat.
Wikipedia
Drama
Drama! is the first single released in September 1989 by Erasure from their fourth studio album Wild!. It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the United States. Written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the synthpop song begins with a low-key keyboard line and a subdued vocal from Bell. As the song progresses, the instrumentation and vocals become more hectic, ultimately ending as a full-blown dance track. "Drama!" contains a "Guilty!" exclamation throughout, provided by Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain, who were recording in the studio next door. Released prior to Wild!, "Drama!" continued Erasure's streak of hits on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number four. The single also fared well in Denmark, where it reached number 3 and in Germany, where it hit number 12. "Drama!" did not continue Erasure's chart success in the United States, where it failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. It did, however, climb to number 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
ChatGPT
drama
Drama is a genre of literature, film, television, or online media that involves characters and events intended to evoke strong emotions and reactions from the audience. It often deals with personal or emotional themes and conflicts, and can include elements of tragedy, comedy, and other genres. This term can also refer to the art of creating, writing, or performing dramatic works. In a broader context, drama can refer to any situation or event that is intense, emotional, or unexpected.
Webster Dictionary
Dramanoun
a composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage
Dramanoun
a series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest
Dramanoun
dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature
Etymology: [L. drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
Wikidata
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action", which is derived from the verb meaning "to do" or "to act". The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. The early modern tragedy Hamlet by Shakespeare and the classical Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King by Sophocles are among the masterpieces of the art of drama. A modern example is Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill. The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy, while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics —the earliest work of dramatic theory.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drama
dram′a, n. a story of human life and action represented by actors imitating the language, dress, &c. of the original characters: a composition intended to be represented on the stage: dramatic literature: theatrical entertainment: a series of deeply interesting events.—adjs. Dramatic, -al, belonging to the drama: appropriate to or in the form of a drama: with the force and vividness of the drama.—adv. Dramat′ically.—n. Dramat′icism.—adj. Dram′atīsable.—n. Dramatisā′tion, the act of dramatising: the dramatised version of a novel or story.—v.i. Dram′atīse, to compose in, or turn into, the form of a drama or play.—n. Dram′atist, a writer of plays.—Dram′atis persō′næ (-ē), the characters of a drama or play. [L.,—Gr. drama, dramatos—draein, to do.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Drama
A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving various characters, usually intended to be acted on a stage and to be regarded as a form of entertainment. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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Rank popularity for the word 'Drama' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2827
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Drama' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4544
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Rank popularity for the word 'Drama' in Nouns Frequency: #1174
Anagrams for Drama »
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Drama in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Drama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Drama in a Sentence
Some of President Obama's aides in the White House were swept up in the drama and idealism of the moment.
I am who I am today because of the experience of learning to read at an early age. Reading opened up a whole world for me beyond the red dirt road and my grandmother's porch in Mississippi, i want to do that for everybody. And the opportunity to do this with Apple, to speak to people all over the world about the pleasures, the excitement, the tension, the drama that a good book can bring you... I don't know what's better than that.
It felt very modern, it also speaks of these sort of contemporary issues and I just want to get that life and that humour and approach it maybe as if there were no rules as to how you make a costume drama.
Jim Henson always had Korean American eye on narratives that could speak to people of all ages, not just children, and Korean American never saw puppetry as merely children's entertainment, there are levels of social commentary, comedy, metaphysics, drama, and psychology in these stories that make them speak to a very broad audience ; you'll also see different things if you revisit them over many years.
The few little years we spend on earth are only the first scene in a Divine Drama that extends into Eternity.
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- مسرحية, دراما, مسلسلاتArabic
- dramaCzech
- dramaDanish
- Schauspiel, DramaGerman
- δράμαGreek
- obra teatral, dramaSpanish
- درامPersian
- draamaFinnish
- drameFrench
- drámaIrish
- नाटकHindi
- drámaHungarian
- dramaIndonesian
- dramatoIdo
- drammaItalian
- דְרָמָהHebrew
- 劇, 芝居, ドラマ, 演戯Japanese
- ನಾಟಕKannada
- 드라마Korean
- dramaLatin
- നാടകംMalayalam
- dramaMalay
- theateropvoering, toneelstuk, dramaDutch
- dramaNorwegian
- dramatPolish
- dramaPortuguese
- dramăRomanian
- телесериал, драма, сериалRussian
- dramaSwedish
- sarakasiSwahili
- நாடகம்Tamil
- నాటకం, డ్రామాTelugu
- ละครThai
- dramTurkish
- драмаUkrainian
- ڈرامہUrdu
- kịchVietnamese
- dramatVolapük
- דראַמעYiddish
- 戏剧Chinese
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