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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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › comedyComedy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of COMEDY is a medieval narrative that ends happily. How to use comedy in a sentence.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ComedyComedy - Wikipedia

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   Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOMEDY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun. uk / ˈkɒm.ə.di / us / ˈkɑː.mə.di / Add to word list. B1 [ C ] a ( type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or its action: His latest movie is described as a " romantic comedy". I prefer Shakespeare's comedies to his tragedies. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. causing laughter.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › comedyCOMEDY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Comedy definition: a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.. See examples of COMEDY used in a sentence.

6. www.britannica.com › art › comedyComedy | Definition, Drama, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   5 days ago · Comedy, type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse. It is contrasted on the one hand with tragedy and on the other with farce, burlesque, and other forms of humorous amusement. The classic conception of comedy, which began with Aristotle in.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › comedyCOMEDY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   a movie, play, or book that is intentionally amusing either in its characters or its action: [ C ] A lot of Shakespeare’s plays are comedies. Comedy is also the amusing part of a situation: [ U ] When John forgot his lines in the middle of the speech it provided some good comedy.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › comedyComedy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A comedy is funny business — it can be an amusing play or movie with a happy ending, or something that happened that made you laugh. A comedy tries to entertain through honest depictions of life, unlike burlesque, which aims to please its audience through satire, or farce, which relies on absurdity. Charlie Chaplin observed, “Life is a ...