Drama ˈdrɑːmə Powerful Television Extra Examples Set Noun

• a costume/period/courtroom/crime drama
• a powerful television drama about city life
• a drama series set in an american dance academy
• classical/modern drama

drama

1. a play for the theatre, television or radio
• a costume/period/courtroom/crime drama
• a powerful television drama about city life
• a drama series set in an American dance academy

Extra Examples

• It is a lavish costume drama set in the early twentieth century.
• The story easily fits into the standard mould of a courtroom drama.
• a gritty police drama
• Millions follow this hospital drama twice a week.
• The movie is a heart-warming family drama.
• She stars in a new one-hour drama about a woman judge.
• a hard-hitting drama about a teenage pregnancy
2. plays considered as a form of literature
• classical/modern drama
• a drama critic
• a drama school/group
• a drama student/teacher
• I studied English and Drama at college.
• It is a first-class piece of costume drama.

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• Television drama is a powerful cultural medium.
• It is very difficult to write good drama.
• He's a drama major at Howard University.
3. an exciting event
• A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes.

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• a collection of people watching the drama unfold outside the nightclub
• The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night.
4. the fact of being exciting
• You couldn't help being thrilled by the drama of the situation.

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• The argument added a touch of drama to an otherwise dull day.
• The afternoon was full of drama and excitement.
• Art should deal with the human drama and tragedy of everyday life.
• The media loved all the drama surrounding their divorce.
• The arrival of the police heightened the drama further.
5. to make a small problem or event seem more important or serious than it really is

Word Origin

• early 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran ‘do, act’.