What does drama mean?

Definitions for drama
ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ədra·ma

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. drama, dramatic eventnoun

    an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

  3. dramanoun

    the literary genre of works intended for the theater

  4. dramanoun

    the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

Wiktionary

  1. dramanoun

    A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

  2. dramanoun

    Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)

  3. dramanoun

    Theatrical plays in general

  4. dramanoun

    A dramatic situation in real life

  5. dramanoun

    Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

  6. Dramanoun

    A town in Greece.

  7. Etymology: From δρᾶμα, from δράω

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. Dramanoun

    a series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest

  3. Dramanoun

    dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature

  4. Etymology: [L. drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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, dramatosdraein, to do.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. 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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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'drama' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2827

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'drama' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4544

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'drama' in Nouns Frequency: #1174

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of drama in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of drama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of drama in a Sentence

  1. Jim Broadbent:

    I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.

  2. Aaron Sorkin:

    People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by a cinematographer or scored by a composer. The properties of real life and the properties of drama have almost nothing to do with each other. The difference between writing about reporters and being a reporter is the same as the difference between drawing a building and building a building.

  3. Jody Thompson:

    John is amazing, He’s a straight-A student, on the honor roll, in the gifted and talented program, involved with the local drama club.

  4. Eric Anderson:

    It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.

  5. André Maurois:

    A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.

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