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playgroup

playgroup

2.8
A local group of people who rehearse and perform plays
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪˌɡruːp/
  • UK
translation icon : grupo de teatro
  • She joined a new playgroup last month.

Examples

  • The local playgroup meets every Saturday.

  • The community center hosted a festival featuring several local playgroups.

  • The playgroup meets every Thursday to rehearse their upcoming performance.

  • After joining the playgroup, she discovered her passion for acting.

  • The local theater offers a playgroup for residents to showcase their acting talents.

  • Joining the community playgroup gave her a chance to connect with other artists.

  • He enjoyed being part of the playgroup that performed classic plays every summer.

Synonyms

community theater
vsplaygroup
  • US
7 2.7

A group of local people who are not professional and perform plays for people in their town

focuses on the group of amateurs who rehearse and perform plays

How Professional

theater company
  • US
9 2.7
semipro
  • Informal
4.4
playgroup
  • UK
2.8

Surface Forms

playgroup singular
playgroups plural

Morphology

playgroup = play + group (transparent) = play + group

The meaning 'a group that performs plays' is directly built from 'play' (theatre sense) + 'group' and is readily inferable.

Etymology

Playgroup is also formed from play and group, but here play means a 'performance', like a 'school play'. So a playgroup is a group of people who practice and perform plays in their community.