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DRAMA

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dra⋅ma

  [drah-muh, dram-uh]
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1. a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, esp. one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
2. the branch of literature having such compositions as its subject; dramatic art or representation.
3. the art dealing with the writing and production of plays.
4. any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial.
5. the quality of being dramatic.
Origin:
1505–15; < LL < Gk drâma action (of a play), equiv. to drâ(n) to do + -ma n. suffix
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dra·ma   (drä'mə, drām'ə)   
n.  

    1. A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.

    2. A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

  2. Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period: Elizabethan drama.

  3. The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.

  4. A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play: the drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.

  5. The quality or condition of being dramatic: a summit meeting full of drama.


[Late Latin drāma, drāmat-, from Greek, from drān, to do, perform.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

drama 
1515, from L.L. drama "play, drama," from Gk. drama (gen. dramatos) "play, action, deed," from dran "to do, act, perform." Dramatic "appropriate to drama" is from 1725. Dramatis personæ 1730, from L., lit. "persons of a drama."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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