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   Com·e·dy

   /ˈkämədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh. Similar light entertainmentcomic play/filmfarcesituation comedyburlesquepantomimeslapsticksatirevaudevillecomic operainformal:sitcomOpposite tragedy
   • ▪ a movie, play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh: "a rollicking new comedy"
   • ▪ the style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programs. Similar light entertainmentcomic play/filmfarcesituation comedyburlesquepantomimeslapsticksatirevaudevillecomic operainformal:sitcomOpposite tragedy
   • ▪ the humorous or amusing aspects of something: "advertising people see the comedy in their work" Similar humorfunfunny sidecomical aspectfunninessludicrousnessabsurdityabsurdnessdrollnessfarceOpposite gravity
   • ▪ a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity: "Shakespeare's comedies"
   • ▪ the dramatic genre represented by comedies: "satiric comedy"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy): from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’.

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