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Definition: Dramatics |
DramaticsNoun1. Participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity. 2. The art of writing and producing plays. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dramatics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Synonyms: DramaticsSynonyms: dramatic art (n), dramaturgy (n), theater (n), theatre (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dramatics |
| Specialty definitions using "dramatics": counsellor in training ♦ group leader, GROUP WORKER ♦ PROGRAM AIDE, GROUP WORK ♦ RECREATION LEADER, RECREATIONAL THERAPIST ♦ therapeutic recreation worke. (references) |
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Song Titles | In The Rain (performing artist: The Dramatics) What You See is What You Get (performing artist: The Dramatics) | |
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| "Dramatics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 72.50% of the time. "Dramatics" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 72.5% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.5% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "dramatics": amateur dramatics. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dramatics | 61 |
dramatics nyc | 33 |
creative dramatics | 17 |
dramatics magazine | 12 |
the dramatics | 9 |
activity creative dramatics | 9 |
dramatics lyrics | 8 |
dramatics hair salon | 6 |
bank dramatics ron | 6 |
dramatics hair | 4 |
amateur dramatics | 4 |
child creative dramatics | 3 |
dramatics salon | 2 |
dramatics in rain | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dramatics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dramaturgji (dramaturgy), dramatizim i gjërave, emocion i tepruar, emocion i shtirë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | любителско представление, драматургия (dramaturgy, stage, the theater, the theatre), драматическо изкуство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Nederlandse Amateur Toneel Unie (Netherlands Amateur Dramatics Federation), Comité Nationaal Landjuweel (National Committee Amateur Dramatics Competition Cup), Comité Amateurtoneel Belgie-Nederland (Belgium/Netherlands Amateur Dramatics Committee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Union néerlandaise du Théâtre Amateur (Netherlands Amateur Dramatics Federation), Comité national "Landjuweel", Comité Belgique-Hollande du théâtre amateur (Belgium/Netherlands Amateur Dramatics Committee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Darstellungskunst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θέατρο (show, theater, theatre), δραματική τέχνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | színművészet (drama, dramatic art), színjátszás (acting, iridescence, theatricals), színészi tehetség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | drammatica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dramadys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amaticsdray o teatro. (various references) artã dramaticã (stage, the theater, the theatre). (various references) представление (conception, conceptualization, image, notion, performance, picture, presentation, presentations, presentment, recommendation, representation, showing), истерика (hysterics, temper tantrum), драматическое искусство. (various references) dramska umetnost. (various references) obra dramática. (various references) dramatik (dramaturgy), teatraliskt sätt. (various references) พฤติกรรมเกินจริง, การแส"งละคร (role-play), ศิลปการละคร. (various references) dramaturji (dramaturgy), dramatik ifade, dramatik davranış, sahne etkinlikleri. (various references) вистава (big time, performance, playacting, presentment, program, programme, spectacle), драматичне мистецтво. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "dramatics": melodramatics. (additional references) | |
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"Dramatics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dramatick, dramatism, drammatic, dromatic, Drumtech, drymatic, Tremetrics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: dramatic. | |
-2 letters: acarids, amritas, amtracs, aramids, ascarid, cardias, caritas, drastic, tamaris, tarmacs. | |
-3 letters: acarid, admits, amidst, amrita, amtrac, aramid, arista, cairds, camisa, carats, cardia, casita, crista, damars, darics, dicast, disarm, dramas, madras, mastic, misact, racism, racist, riatas, stadia, tamari, tarmac, tarsia, tiaras, triacs, triads. | |
-4 letters: acari, acids, acrid, adits, admit, airts, amias, amids, amirs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-i-m-r-s-t" | |
+3 letters: demarcations. | |
+4 letters: melodramatics, sacerdotalism. | |
+5 letters: aerodynamicist, antiradicalism, archimandrites, documentarians, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen, misarticulated, psychodramatic, sacerdotalisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 6D 61 74 69 63 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .- -- .- - .. -.-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a m a t i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 006D 0061 0074 0069 0063 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388467796786756985 |
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