DRAMATIC IRONY

Meaning of DRAMATIC IRONY in English

[dramatic irony] n (ca. 1907): irony 3b

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DRAMATIC IRONY — noun Date: circa 1907 irony 3b
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DRAMATIC IRONY — noun : irony produced by incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and accompanying or preceding words or actions …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAMATIC IRONY — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAMATIC IRONY — Date: circa 1907 : irony 3b
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRAMATIC IRONY — Function: noun Date: circa 1907 : IRONY 3B
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DRAMATIC IRONY — in literature, a plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DRAMATIC IRONY — noun [ U ] a situation in a play when a character's words carry an extra meaning to the audience …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAMATIC IRONY — draˌmatic ˈirony BrE AmE noun [uncountable] when the people watching a play know something that the characters do not, and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRAMATIC IRONY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is a textbook for the study of dramatic irony in all its forms. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adj dramatic
Interlingua English vocab
IRONY — ironie
English interlingue dictionary
IRONY — pamali
English-Visayan vocabulary
DRAMATIC — sa drama
English-Visayan vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adjective Date: 1589 of or relating to the drama , 2. suitable to or characteristic of the drama , striking …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IRONY — Language device in which the real intent is concealed or contradicted by the literal meaning of words or a situation. …
Английский словарь Британика
IRONY — I. irony ˈī(ə)rnē, ˈīənē, -ni adjective Etymology: Middle English yrony, from yron, iren iron + -y — more at iron …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — I. drəˈmad.]ik, -at], ]ēk\ adjective Etymology: Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French dramatique, from Late Latin dramaticus, from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IRONY — (a.) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Английский словарь Webster
DRAMATIC — (a.) Alt. of Dramatical
Английский словарь Webster
IRONY — ( a. ) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Dramatical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONY — irony 1 /uy"reuh nee, uy"euhr-/ , n. , pl. ironies . 1. the use of words to convey a meaning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — — dramatically , adv. /dreuh mat"ik/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to the drama. 2. employing the form or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONY — ˈī(-ə)r-nē noun ( plural -nies ) Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler Date: 1502 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adjective Date: 1589 1. : of or relating to the drama a dramatic actor 2. a. : suitable to or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IRONY — adj resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. 2. irony ·adj made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; …
Webster English vocab
IRONY — [iro.ny] n, pl -nies [L ironia, fr. Gk eironia, fr. eiron dissembler] (1502) 1: a pretense of ignorance and of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRAMATIC — [dra.mat.ic] adj (1589) 1: of or relating to the drama 2. a: suitable to or characteristic of the drama b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IRONY — language device, either in spoken or written form (verbal irony), in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRONY — I iron|y noun BrE AmE ˈaɪ ə r ə n |i ▷ iron|ies iz II irony adjective 'like iron' BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — dramatic BrE AmE drə ˈmæt ɪk AmE \ -ˈmæt̬- ▷ dramatic|ally ə l‿i ▷ dramatic|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IRONY — / ˈaɪrəni; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , C ] the amusing or strange aspect …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — / drəˈmætɪk; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a change, an event, etc. ) sudden, very great and often surprising …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRONY — i ‧ ron ‧ y /ˈaɪərəni $ ˈaɪrə-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ironies ) [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRAMATIC — dra ‧ mat ‧ ic W3 AC /drəˈmætɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ drama , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRAMATIC — adj. 1 of drama or the study of drama. 2 (of an event, circumstance, etc.) sudden and exciting or unexpected. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — adj.1 of drama or the study of drama. 2 (of an event, circumstance, etc.) sudden and exciting or unexpected. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
IRONY — ( ironies) 1. Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. Sinclair …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A dramatic change or event happens …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRONY — (ironies) 1. Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. Sinclair examined …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IRONY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES detect a note of sarcasm/irony/excitement etc ▪ Do I detect a note of sarcasm in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dramatic announcement (= sudden and important ) ▪ The dramatic announcement came after a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IRONY — (WRONG RESULT) [noun] [U] - a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the …
Cambridge English vocab
DRAMATIC — [adjective]There have been some fairly dramatic (= sudden and surprising) developments on the political scene recently.There's been a dramatic (= …
Cambridge English vocab
IRONY — n. Language device in which the real intent is concealed or contradicted by the literal meaning of words or a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IRONY — When something is made of iron or has iron characteristics. Example: Man, this place sure has a lot of irony.
Slang English vocab
DRAMATIC — adj. Function: adjective 1 of or relating to drama FF1C; made no objections to his son's dramatic ambitions FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DRAMATIC — adjective 1. of or relating to drama made no objections to his son's dramatic ambitions Synonyms: dramaturgic, histrionic, theatral, theatric, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
IRONY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great , heavy ▪ She tried to ignore the heavy ~ in his voice. ▪ gentle ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DRAMATIC — adj. VERBS ▪ be , sound ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ highly , intensely ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IRONY — n. 25B6; noun that note of irony in her voice : SARCASM, sardonicism, dryness, causticity, sharpness, acerbity, bitterness, trenchancy, mordancy, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adj. 25B6; adjective dramatic art : THEATRICAL, theatric, thespian, stage, dramaturgical; formal histrionic. a dramatic increase : CONSIDERABLE, substantial, sizeable, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRAMATIC — adj. 1 theatric(al), dramaturgic(al), Thespian, histrionic, stage She was studying the dramatic works of Shakespeare There will be a festival …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony ≈ скрытая ирония a touch of irony ≈ ироничный оттенок the irony of it is …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRAMATIC — прил. 1) драматический, драматургический, относящийся к драме 2) драматичный, драматический The destruction of an ancient institution is an eminently dramatic …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
IRONY — irony.ogg _I ʹaı(ə)rənı n ирония; насмешка the irony of fate - ирония судьбы life's ironies - капризы /превратности/ судьбы dramatic …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DRAMATIC — dramatic.ogg drəʹmætık a 1. драматический, театральный; драматургический dramatic performance - театральное представление dramatic criticism - театральная критика dramatic reading - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IRONY — _I ʹaı(ə)rənı n ирония; насмешка the irony of fate - ирония судьбы life's ironies - капризы /превратности/ судьбы dramatic /tragic/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DRAMATIC — a 1. драматический, театральный; драматургический dramatic performance - театральное представление dramatic criticism - театральная критика dramatic reading - художественное чтение …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony — скрытая ирония a touch of irony — ироничный оттенок the irony of it is …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DRAMATIC — прил. 1) театр. драматический, драматургический, театральный Royal Academy of Dramatic Art — Королевская академия драматического искусства 2) драматичный, драматический dramatic …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony — скрытая ирония a touch of irony — ироничный оттенок the irony of it is that... — парадокс в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DRAMATIC — прил. 1) театр. драматический, драматургический, театральный Royal Academy of Dramatic Art — Королевская академия драматического искусства 2) драматичный, драматический dramatic situation — ситуация, полная …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IRONY — _n. ирония; the irony of it is that... - парадокс в том, что...; по злой иронии судьбы... - irony of …
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