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SITK-om/ˈsɪtkɒm/

A sitcom is a situation comedy: a funny TV series with the same characters and a familiar setting (a flat, an office, a pub). A soap is ongoing drama; a sketch show is short separate scenes. From situation comedy. Countable: a sitcom / an old sitcom on the telly.

Meaning

A funny television series about the same characters in everyday situations.

Examples

• “We watched an old sitcom on the telly after tea.”
• “That sitcom is set in a Peckham flat, and people still quote it at work.”
• “We put a sitcom on in the background while we folded the washing.”

Good to know

a sitcom (situation comedy). Contrast: a soap / a sketch show. on the telly; a classic sitcom.

Near in meaning

situation comedy

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