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dramatic Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 very sudden or noticeable, or full of action and excitement:
- a dramatic change/improvement
- We watched scenes of the dramatic rescue on the news.
1 relating to plays and acting:
- She bought me the complete dramatic works (= texts to be performed) of Brecht for my birthday.
- the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
2 relating to plays and acting:
- He’s as good in comedies as he is in dramatic roles.
3 (of an event or situation) producing excitement and strong interest because unexpected, surprising, or dangerous:
- In a dramatic rescue, 10 crewmen were lifted to a helicopter just minutes before their ship sank.
- There has been a dramatic reduction in crime in New York City.

What accounts for the dramatic turnabout in Britain's international trading performance?
There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion towards peaceful negotiations.
In 1986 he made a very public and dramatic political volte-face from Left to Right.
The increase in the number of young people leaving to work in the cities has had a dramatic impact on the demography of the villages.
He secured a dramatic victory for England by netting the ball half a minute before the end of the game.
He is a genuine dramatic personage under whose mask is a live actor who plays his role.
The poem is unusual in that it offers an impersonal account of a personal subject-matter and yet is seldom dramatic in its approach.
The movement is from private inner life to national crisis, and it is conveyed in different dramatic styles.