comedies

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Definition of comedies in English Turkish dictionary

comedy

güldürücü piyes veya filim

Komediyi trajediye yeğlerim. - I prefer comedy to tragedy.

Shakespeare hem dram hem de komedi yazdı. - Shakespeare wrote both tragedy and comedy.

comedy

komedya

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Definition of comedies in English English dictionary: plural of comedy
comedy: medieval Europe. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
comedy: entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
comedy: ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
comedy: a humorous event
comedy: {n} a laughable or droll dramatic piece
comedy: A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; opposed to tragedy
comedy: light-hearted or amusing events
comedy: The comedy of a situation involves those aspects of it that make you laugh. Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits. = humour see also situation comedy. Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a light, familiar, or satirical manner. Comedy can be traced to revels associated with worship in Greece in the 5th century BC. Aristophanes, Menander, Terence, and Plautus produced comedies in classical literature. It reappeared in the late Middle Ages, when the term was used to mean simply a story with a happy ending (e.g., Dante's Divine Comedy), the same meaning it has in novels of the last three centuries (e.g., the fiction of Jane Austen). Compare tragedy. musical comedy comedy of manners New Comedy situation comedy
comedy: {i} amusing play, funny drama
comedy: The genre of such works
comedy: In television, sitcom is the most common form of comedy, literally where the humour arises from the situation that a group of characters find themselves in Sitcoms often have "canned laughter attached In theatre there are many types of comedy One example is character comedy, which comes from a tradition known as commedia dell arte, a modern form of this is improvised comedy such as Theatre sports Back to top
comedy: light and humorous drama with a happy ending
comedy: archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
comedy: A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
comedy: the art of composing comedy
comedy: a broad category of dramatic works that are intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience Comedies take many different forms, but they all share three basic characteristics: (1) the values that are expressed and that typically present the conflict within the play are social and determined by the general opinion of society (as opposed to universal and beyond the control of humankind, as in tragedy); (2) characters in comedies are often defined primarily in terms of their society and their role within it; (3) comedies often end with a restoration of social order in which one or more characters take a proper social role Close Window
comedy: Popularly, a funny play; classically, a play that ends happily; metaphorically, a play with some humor that celebrates the eternal ironies of human existence ("divine comedy")
comedy: (Humor) Situation Comedy Physical Comedy Comedy of Manners Comedy of Errors
comedy: A comedy is a play, film, or television programme that is intended to make people laugh. tragedy
comedy: Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh. Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy. a TV comedy series
comedy: A humorous, entertaining play with a happy ending
comedy: a comic incident or series of incidents
comedy: a type of literature that represents the restoration to bliss; the literature of youth and the season of spring
comedy: An amusing and lighthearted play or narrative intended to provoke laughter on the part of the spectator; or a work with a happy ending
comedy: The lighter side of drama The dramatic components that make us laugh
comedy: a drama with a happy ending or nontragic theme (see situation comedy and comedy of characters)