/ˈdrɑːmə/
Translation
A serious play or story for the theatre or television; also exciting trouble between people.
Word origin
From Greek drama, meaning a deed or a play, from dran, to do or to act.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- drama
- English cognates
- dramatic
Grammar
Examples
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Here "dramas" means serious shows with a story.
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A drama can be a play performed in a theatre.
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Here "drama" means excitement and trouble between people.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
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