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Noun
/ˈkämədē/,
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comedies, plural;
  1. Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh

  2. A movie, play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh
    • - a rollicking new comedy
  3. The style or genre of such types of entertainment

  4. The humorous or amusing aspects of something
    • - advertising people see the comedy in their work
  5. 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
  6. The dramatic genre represented by such plays
    • - satiric comedy
  1. (comedy) light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  2. (comedy) drollery: a comic incident or series of incidents
  3. Comedy (from the , kōmōidía) as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. ...
  4. (Comedy (album)) Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1991. It was the last album released before the partnership of Kelly and The Messengers was dissolved.
  5. (Comedy (film)) Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending (the black comedy being an exception). One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies. ...
  6. (Comedy (genre)) Comedy may be divided into multiple genres based on the source of humor, the method of delivery, and the context in which it is delivered.
  7. (Comedy (theater)) Comedy is a word that Greeks and Romans confined to descriptions of stage-plays with happy endings. In the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrative poems with happy endings and a lighter tone. In this sense A. ...
  8. (The comedy) The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. ...
  9. (comedy) archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel; ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending; medieval Europe. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g. ...
  10. (comedic) a needless inflation of comic, which means "of or resembling a comedy."
  11. (comedy) a literary work which is intended to amuse, and which normally has a happy ending. The term is usually applied to drama, but it can also be used for other literary kinds. ...
  12. (comedy) a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone and usually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict.
  13. (Comedy) a play that ends happily
  14. (Comedy) A literary work which is amusing and ends happily. Modern comedies tend to be funny, while Shakespearean comedies simply end well. Shakespearean comedy also contains items such as misunderstandings and mistaken identity to heighten the comic effect. ...
  15. (COMEDY) (from Greek: komos, "songs of merrimakers"): In the original meaning of the word, comedy referred to a genre of drama during the Dionysia festivals of ancient Athens. The first comedies were loud and boisterous drunken affairs, as the word's etymology suggests. ...
  16. (COMEDY) The lighter side of drama. The dramatic components that make us laugh.
  17. (Comedy) (from Greek Comos, the name of a god of fertility): forms of literature, especially drama, that stimulate laughter, light heartedness, or a sense of well being. Ancient Greek comedy in the 5th century BCE ridiculed the un-heroic aspects of  everyday life in Athens. ...
  18. (Comedy) (vs. tragedy) – in general, a story with a happy ending; usually focuses on everyday people in common language.
  19. (Comedy) A type of drama, opposed to tragedy, usually having a happy ending, and emphasizing human limitation rather than human greatness.
  20. (Comedy) A work intended to interest, involve, and amuse the reader or audience, in which no terrible disaster occurs and that ends happily for the main characters. ...
  21. (Comedy) Any work, particularly a work of drama which is marked by a happy ending and a less exalted style than than in tragedy.  It seeks to depict the ludicrous--that which makes people laugh--by a vareity of means, and seldom is concerned to appear "real. ...
  22. (Comedy) Must I really have to explain this? Manga that falls in this category has the tendency to make you laugh until you burst your stomach. Humour? Laughter? Funny? Does that ring any bells…?
  23. (Comedy) One of two major types of drama, the other being tragedy. Its aim is to amuse, and it typically ends happily. Comedy assumes many forms, such as farce and burlesque, and uses a variety of techniques, from parody to satire. ...
  24. (Comedy) To dream of being at a light play, denotes that foolish and short-lived pleasures will be indulged in by the dreamer. To dream of seeing a comedy, is significant of light pleasures and pleasant tasks.
  25. (Comedy) a humorous play which either offers a light, celebrational view of life or which makes its point through sharp ridicule and satire. Usually has a happy ending.