audio drama
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- noun
- /ˈɔːdioʊ ˈdrɑːmə/
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drama de audio
- They were also made into audio dramas by Big Finish, who released them as part of the Lost Stories range.
Examples
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The new audio drama features an exciting story that captivates listeners from start to finish.
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This story, in particular, involves a tremendous amount of dialogue and discussion, with not as much action as is typical of previous audio dramas.
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Quite simply, this is one of the best audio dramas I have heard to date.
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At least the audio dramas are very good!
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Guess I'll just have to be happy with the audio dramas.
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Now, first and foremost, the complaint I hear about audio dramas is that they are too short.
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As The Black Library has come out with more of these audio dramas, they have really begun to see what works and what doesn't work.
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If you have enjoyed the previous Audio Drama entries for Garro (Garro: Legion of One, Garro: Oath of Moment), you are in for a real treat with Garro: Sword of Truth.
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Listeners were thrilled by the suspenseful twists in the recent audio drama broadcast.
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Her favorite audio drama transports her to other worlds through immersive sound effects and storytelling.
Synonyms
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A play or story that actors perform for radio using only sound
A play made for listening on radio or audio recordings with actors, music, and sound effects
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dramatized performance presented solely through sound' is directly and compositionally derived from 'audio' (sound) + 'drama' (a theatrical play); a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer a play delivered via sound. This compound follows common noun+noun formation and has clear cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. radio drama), so the sense is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The compound noun audio drama comes from the time when radio told stories using only sound. Actors, music and sound effects helped listeners imagine the action, so a drama told by audio came to mean a 'dramatized performance' you hear rather than see.