Found 4 items, similar to DRAMA.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: drama
drama, lakon
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: drama
drama
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: drama
drama
n 1: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a
stage;
“he wrote several plays but only one was produced
on Broadway” [syn:
play,
dramatic play]
2: an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional [syn:
dramatic event
]
3: the literary genre of works intended for the theater
4: the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Drama
Drama
\Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. 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.
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A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
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2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest.
“The drama of war.” --Thackeray.
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Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
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The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
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3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
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Note: The principal species of the drama are
tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are
tragi-comedy,
melodrama,
operas,
burlettas, and
farces.
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The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.