Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - drama
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Drama
drama
~ n 1 a play for the theatre, television, radio etc 2 plays considered as a form of literature (drama classes | drama school (=place for students to study drama)) 3 an exciting and unusual situation or set of events (Maggie's life is always full of drama. | the drama of) (We all shared in the drama of the rescue.) 4 make a drama out of sth to make things seem worse than they really are (We won't make a drama out of a crisis.)
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(dramas) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A drama is a serious play for the theatre, television, or radio. He acted in radio dramas. N-COUNT 2. You use drama to refer to plays in general or to work that is connected with plays and the theatre, such as acting or producing. He knew nothing of Greek drama... She met him when she was at drama school. N-UNCOUNT 3. You can refer to a real situation which is exciting or distressing as drama. There was none of the drama and relief of a hostage release... N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Late Latin ~t-, ~, from Greek, deed, ~, from dran to do, act Date: 1515 1. a. a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance ; play — compare closet ~ b. a movie or television production with characteristics (as conflict) of a serious play; broadly a play, movie, or television production with a serious tone or subject a police ~ 2. ~tic art, literature, or affairs 3. a. a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces b. ~tic state, effect, or quality the ~ of the courtroom proceedings ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a play for acting on stage or for broadcasting. 2 (often prec. by the) the art of writing and presenting plays. 3 an exciting or emotional event, set of circumstances, etc. 4 dramatic quality (the drama of the situation). Etymology: LL f. Gk drama -atos f. drao do ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. драма (пьеса) 2. (обыкн. the) драматургия, драматическая литература, драма to succeed in the drama —- преуспеть в области драматургии the masterpieces of French drama —- шедевры французской драматургии (-ого театра) 3. драматическое событие, драма drama of ideas —- драма идей (об истории научных открытий и т. п.) fraught with drama —- наполненный драматическими событиями to make a drama out of a trivial incident —- драматизировать пустячное событие, раздувать значение банального происшествия 4. эффект, нечто броское, эффектное her mourning was just for drama —- она носила траур только ради эффекта ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1515, from L.L. drama "play, drama," from Gk. drama (gen. dramatos) "play, action, deed," from dran "to do, act, perform." Dramaturgy is 1801, from Fr., ult. from Gk. dramatourgia, second element is from ergos "worker." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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