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drama definition

drama (drämə, dramə)

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

Etymology: LL < Gr, an action, drama < dran, to do < IE base *drā-, to work > Latvian darīt, to do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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