DRAMATIC WORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatic work mean? 

• DRAMATIC WORK (noun)
  The noun DRAMATIC WORK has 1 sense:

1. a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

  Familiarity information: DRAMATIC WORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATIC WORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dramatic composition; dramatic work

Hypernyms ("dramatic work" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Meronyms (parts of "dramatic work"):

prologue (an introduction to a play)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dramatic work"):

drama; dramatic play; play (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)

act (a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet)

scene (a subdivision of an act of a play)

book; playscript; script (a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance)

Holonyms ("dramatic work" is a part of...):

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)