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DRAHM-uh/ˈdrɑːmə/

Drama is a play for theatre, television, or radio, or the subject of studying plays: a television drama; drama school. A play is one work; theatre is the art form or the building. Drama also means exciting or emotional events: a political drama. Dramatic is the adjective (a dramatic change) — not always about the stage. Dramatise is the verb: dramatise a novel.

Meaning

A play for the theatre, television, or radio, or plays as a subject.

Examples

• “She studies drama at college.”
• “She took drama as an option in year ten.”
• “There was a bit too much drama at the meeting.”

Good to know

a TV / radio drama. Subject: drama. One work: a play. Adjective: dramatic. Verb: dramatise.

Near in meaning

play

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