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Type Words
Synonyms dramatic play, play
Type of dramatic work, dramatic composition
Has types mystery play, grand guignol, miracle play, morality play, theater of the absurd, satyr play, playlet, passion play
Derivation dramatic, dramatize, dramatist, dramatise
Type Words
Synonyms dramatic event
Type of episode
Has types night terror
Derivation dramatize, dramatic, dramatise
Type Words
Type of writing style, literary genre, genre
Has types comedy, closet drama, tragedy
Derivation dramatise, dramatic, dramatist, dramatize
Type Words
Type of emotionality, emotionalism
Derivation dramatize, dramatise

Examples of drama

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Do they have ties with BCS conferences in light of the recent realignment drama?
From the kansas.com
It doesn't have the kitchen drama of other cooking shows, but it's a fresh idea.
From the latimes.com
There were no moments of high drama, and there appeared to be no major mistakes.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It is only a few months since the high drama of the Greek sovereign debt crisis.
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It took about 200 days to shoot, twice what a standard network drama would take.
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What I crave, when the temperature dips, is more of everything, including drama.
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If the bunched-up rankings are any predictor, there's plenty more drama to come.
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Recently restored, this 1961 drama powerfully preserves a near vanished culture.
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The message from the depths was brief, but few epics have begun with such drama.
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  • Play: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
  • An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
  • The literary genre of works intended for the theater
  • (dramatic) suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea"
  • (dramatic) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
  • Drama is the specific mode of narrative, typically fictional, represented in performance. The term comes from the Greek word u03B4u03C1u1FB6u03BCu03B1, drama, meaning action, which is derived from the verb u03B4u03C1u03ACu03C9, drau014D, meaning to do or to act.
  • "Drama!" is the first single released by Erasure from their fourth studio album Wild!. It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S.
  • Drama is the ninth studio album by the British female vocal duo Bananarama. It features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 smash hit "Venus" (done by Soft Cell's Marc Almond) and a 2005 remix of their 1982 hit "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit ...
  • Drama are a 4-piece rock band formed in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England in 2006. The band comprises vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Ian Gordon, guitarist and backing vocalist Rob Heyes, bassist Rik Hindle and drummer Alan Taylor.