{
    "term": "drama",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a play for the theatre, television or radio",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a costume/period/courtroom/crime drama"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a powerful **television drama** about city life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **drama series** set in an American dance academy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a lavish costume drama set in the early twentieth century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story easily fits into the standard mould of a courtroom drama."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gritty police drama"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millions follow this hospital drama twice a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie is a heart-warming family drama."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stars in a new one-hour drama about a woman judge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hard-hitting drama about a teenage pregnancy"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compelling", "powerful", "gritty"],
                "verb + drama": ["write", "create", "produce"],
                "drama + noun": ["production", "serial", "series"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the drama", "drama about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "plays considered as a form of literature",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "classical/modern drama"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drama critic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drama school/group"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drama student/teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I studied English and Drama at college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a first-class piece of costume drama."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Television drama is a powerful cultural medium."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is very difficult to write good drama."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a drama major at Howard University."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compelling", "powerful", "gritty"],
                "verb + drama": ["write", "create", "produce"],
                "drama + noun": ["production", "serial", "series"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the drama", "drama about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an exciting event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a collection of people watching the drama unfold outside the nightclub"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["human", "real-life"],
                "drama + verb": ["play out", "unfold"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the fact of being exciting",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You couldn't help being thrilled by the drama of the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The argument added a touch of drama to an otherwise dull day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The afternoon was full of drama and excitement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Art should deal with the human drama and tragedy of everyday life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The media loved all the drama surrounding their divorce."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The arrival of the police heightened the drama further."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "human"],
                "… of drama": ["touch"],
                "verb + drama": ["be full of", "add", "heighten"],
                "drama + verb": ["surround something"],
                "drama + noun": ["queen"],
                "phrases": ["a moment of drama"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a small problem or event seem more important or serious than it really is",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrɑːmə/",
                "audio": "dr/drama/drama__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrɑːmə/",
                "audio": "dr/drama/drama__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran ‘do, act’."
}