drama
pronunciation
How to pronounce drama in British English:
UK [ˈdrɑːmə]
How to pronounce drama in American English:
US [ˈdrɑːmə]
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- Noun:
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
- the literary genre of works intended for the theater
- the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
Word Origin
- drama
- drama: [17] Etymologically, drama is simply ‘that which is done’ (in that respect it closely resembles act, which has the neutral, general meaning ‘do something’, as well as the more specific ‘perform on stage’). It comes via late Latin drāma from Greek drama, originally ‘deed, action’, and hence ‘play’. This was a derivative of the verb dran ‘do’, whose past participle was the ultimate source of English drastic [17].=> drastic
- drama (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Lord knows we 've had enough drama together already .
- 2. Taking big decisions on greece 's future suggests high drama .
- 3. Sound like a good scenario for a tv drama ?
- 4. Yet the drama may have more twists to come .
- 5. Shakespeare himself could not have produced such a telling drama .