Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The genres of comedy and tragedy.

  2. (plural, plural only)The comedy mask and tragedy mask.

  3. (metonymically, plural, plural only)The sock and buskin.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I generally prefer comedies to tragedies.

    Я загалом надаю перевагу комедіям перед трагедіями. — miketheknight

  2. Shakespeare's works include comedies, tragedies and sonnets.

  3. Some wrote comedies, while others wrote tragedies.

  4. As a rule, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.

    deIch ziehe die Komödie der Tragödie im Allgemeinen vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I prefer comedy to tragedy.

    ruВместо трагедии я предпочитаю комедию. — Lathean

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Forms

plural: comedy and tragedies

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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