MIDDLE COMEDY

Meaning of MIDDLE COMEDY in English

Greek Attic comedy of the 4th century B.C. The few extant fragments are characterized chiefly by a realistic depiction of everyday life. Cf. New Comedy, Old Comedy .

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MIDDLE COMEDY — style of drama that prevailed in Athens from about 400 BC to about 320 BC. Preoccupied with social themes, Middle …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIDDLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English {{link=Middle East Treaty …
Английский словарь Британика
COMEDY — I Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
Английский словарь Британика
MIDDLE — I. ˈmid ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian middel middle, Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMEDY — ˈkämədē, -di noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English comedye, from Middle French comedie, from Latin comoedia, from Greek kōmōidia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE — (a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
MIDDLE — ( a. ) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE — /mid"l/ , adj., n., v., middled, middling . adj. 1. equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMEDY — — comedial /keuh mee"dee euhl/ , adj. /kom"i dee/ , n. , pl. comedies . 1. a play, movie, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. ˈmi-d ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old English midde Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMEDY — noun ( plural -dies ) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin comoedia, from Latin, drama with a happy ending, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDDLE — adj intermediate; intervening. 2. middle ·adj the waist. 3. middle ·adj equally distant from the extreme either of a number …
Webster English vocab
COMEDY — [com.e.dy] n, pl -dies [ME, fr. MF comedie, fr. L comoedia, fr. Gk komoidia, fr. komos revel + aeidein to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMEDY — type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIDDLE — middle BrE AmE ˈmɪd ə l ▷ middle|s z ▶ ˌ middle ˈ age BrE AmE ▶ ˌ Middle ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIDDLE — / ˈmɪdl; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. the middle [ sing. ] the part of sth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — / ˈkɒmədi; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C , U ] a play or film / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. mid ‧ dle 1 S1 W2 /ˈmɪdl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . CENTRE PART the middle the part that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMEDY — com ‧ e ‧ dy /ˈkɒmədi, ˈkɒmɪdi $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural comedies ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1. at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Oxford English vocab
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Oxford English vocab
MIDDLE — ( middles) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The middle of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — ( comedies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Comedy consists of types …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — (comedies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Comedy consists of types of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a middle position (= one that is between two extreme positions ) ▪ They …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMEDY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy actor ▪ Jason was voted top TV comedy actor. a comedy/tragic drama (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDDLE — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]In the sequence a, b, c, d, e the middle letter is c, because there are …
Cambridge English vocab
COMEDY — [noun] [C] - a (type of) film, play or book which is intentionally amusing either in its characters or its …
Cambridge English vocab
COMEDY — n. musical comedy comedy of manners New Comedy situation comedy
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COMEDY — n. Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIDDLE — n. Middle West Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English Middle East Treaty Organization
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIDDLE — Synonyms and related words : active, active voice, amidships, arbitrational, arbitrative, average, axial, axis, balance, bisect, center, center of action, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high , low ▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), television , TV …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MIDDLE — INDEX: 1. the middle 2. in the middle RELATED WORDS between two or more people or things : ↑ BETWEEN …
Longman Activator English vocab
COMEDY — See ↑ FILM/MOVIE 2, ↑ FUNNY 2,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ romantic comedy
Longman Activator English vocab
COMEDY — n. 25B6; noun he excels in comedy : LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, comic play, comic film, farce, situation comedy, satire, pantomime, comic …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — театр "Комеди" (в Лондоне. Построен в 1881) полн. Comedy Theatre
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
MIDDLE — adj. 1 central, centre, halfway, mid, midway, mean, medial, Technical mesial We had reached the middle stage of our journey …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MIDDLE — I adjective 1 BAD : The girl was of middle height and was wearing a blue suit. GOOD : The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. in the middle of Syn : centre, midst, center б) среднее состояние, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy ≈ музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant : tragedy 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE — middle.ogg 1. mıdl n 1. середина (right) in the (very) middle of the room of the day, of the summer …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMEDY — comedy.ogg ʹkɒmədı n 1. 1> комедия musical comedy - музыкальная комедия; мюзикл; оперетта comedy of cape /of cloak/ and sword …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MIDDLE — 1) помещать в середину 2) середина 3) средина 4) срединный 5) средний • in the middle of — посреди, посредине law of excluded middle — закон исключенного …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MIDDLE — 1. mıdl n 1. середина (right) in the (very) middle of the room of the day, of the summer - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — n 1. 1> комедия musical comedy - музыкальная комедия; мюзикл; оперетта comedy of cape /of cloak/ and sword - комедия …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. - in the middle of Syn: centre , midst , center б) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия ( пьеса, фильм ) musical comedy — музыкальная комедия 2) комедия ( литературный и театральный жанр ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. - in the middle of Syn: centre, midst, center б) среднее состояние, положение, выбранное между двумя крайностями Syn: mean II …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy — музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant: tragedy 3) комизм, комичность the comedy of many life situations …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MIDDLE — 1. _n. 1> середина; in the middle of а> в середине (чего-л.); б> во время (какого-л. дела, занятия) 2> _собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MIDDLE — 1. n. 1. середина; in the middle of а. в середине (чего-л.); б. во время (какого-л. дела, занятия) 2. собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
COMEDY — a drama with a happy ending or nontragic theme (see situation comedy and comedy of characters).
Russian-English Edic
MIDDLE — 1. _n. 1> середина; in the middle of а> в середине (чего-л.); б> во время (какого-л. дела, занятия) 2> _разг. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия; - comedy of character 2) забавный случай; 3) притворство.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
COMEDY — театр "Комеди" (в Лондоне. Построен в 1881) полн. Comedy Theatre
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
MIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) середина а) центральная часть чего-л. in the middle of Syn : centre, midst, center б) среднее состояние, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy ≈ музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant : tragedy 3) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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