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Grammar : Noun
Spell : drah-muh, dram-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ə



Definition of drama

Origin :
  • 1510s, from Late Latin drama "play, drama," from Greek drama (genitive dramatos) "play, action, deed," from dran "to do, act, perform" (especially some great deed, whether good or bad), from PIE *dere- "to work." Drama queen attested by 1992.
  • noun theatrical piece; acting
  • noun turmoil in real life
Example sentences :
  • Her woman's intuition divined a sequel to the afternoon's drama.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • (§ 11), likens Plautine drama to "an opera of the early schools."
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • I now come to a point in the drama which at once demands and defies explanation.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • There is one astonishing instance of this towards the end of the drama.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • "Hamlet" is a drama of pathetic weakness, strengthened by a drama of revenge and jealousy.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • The drama was cultivated by the Incas, and dramatic performances were enacted before them.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • Zegarra gives a useful vocabulary at the end of all the words which occur in the drama.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • Of the antiquity of the drama of Ollantay there is now no question.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • Why, there wasn't any drama in the world 'til Adam and Eve fell!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He utters them into the visible to work out their life—his drama.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

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