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| dra·ma [ drmə, drámmə ] (plural dra·mas) |
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1. theater performed play: a serious play written for performance on stage, television, or radio
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2. arts plays as genre: works written for performance on the stage, television, or radio considered as a literary genre
  17th-century French drama
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3. theater producing or performing plays: the performance, production, or writing of plays considered as a job, activity, or subject to be studied
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4. exciting event: a real-life event or situation that is particularly exciting or emotionally involving
the drama of the trapped climbers
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5. dramatic events or quality: exciting, tense, and gripping events and actions, or an exciting, tense, and gripping quality, either in a work of art or in a real-life situation
an evening full of drama
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| [Early 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek, "play, deed" < dran "do"] |
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