- [countable] a play for the theatre, television or radio
- a costume/period/courtroom/crime drama
- a powerful television drama about city life
- a drama series set in an American dance academy
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2, TV, radio and newsa2, Hobbiesa2- It is a lavish costume drama set in the early twentieth century.
- The story easily fits into the standard mould of a courtroom drama.
- a gritty police drama
- Millions follow this hospital drama twice a week.
- The movie is a heart-warming family drama.
- She stars in a new one-hour drama about a woman judge.
- a hard-hitting drama about a teenage pregnancy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- powerful
- gritty
- …
- write
- create
- produce
- …
- production
- serial
- series
- …
- in a/the drama
- drama about
- [uncountable] plays considered as a form of literature
- classical/modern drama
- a drama critic
- a drama school/group
- a drama student/teacher
- I studied English and Drama at college.
- It is a first-class piece of costume drama.
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2, Educationa2- Television drama is a powerful cultural medium.
- It is very difficult to write good drama.
- He's a drama major at Howard University.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- powerful
- gritty
- …
- write
- create
- produce
- …
- production
- serial
- series
- …
- in a/the drama
- drama about
- [countable] an exciting event
- A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes.
Extra Examples- a collection of people watching the drama unfold outside the nightclub
- The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- real-life
- play out
- unfold
- [uncountable] the fact of being exciting
- You couldn't help being thrilled by the drama of the situation.
Extra Examples- The argument added a touch of drama to an otherwise dull day.
- The afternoon was full of drama and excitement.
- Art should deal with the human drama and tragedy of everyday life.
- The media loved all the drama surrounding their divorce.
- The arrival of the police heightened the drama further.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- human
- touch
- be full of
- add
- heighten
- …
- surround something
- queen
- a moment of drama
Word Originearly 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran ‘do, act’.
Idioms
See drama in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee drama in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishmake a drama out of something
- to make a small problem or event seem more important or serious than it really is
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