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Definition of Situation comedy

1. Noun. A humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life.

2. Noun. A humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life.

Definition of Situation comedy

1. Noun. An episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation. ¹

2. Noun. An episode of such a program. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Situation Comedy

sitting still sitting table sitting tables sitting toilet sitting trot sitting up sittings situate situated situates

situating situation situation anxiety situation awareness situation comedies situation comedy (current term) situational situational psychosis situational test situationally

situationism situationist situationists situationlessness situations situative situla situlae situlas situp

Literary usage of Situation comedy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"... i,ix:k video: benefits of quitting Cartoon: drawbacks Of smoking Situation comedy: girl pummels miking cigarette pack Dramatic — and disgusting: smoking ..."

2. Cinema Craftsmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights by Frances Taylor Patterson (1920)
"We want comedy of character, comedy of situation, comedy of incident, and comedy of costume. And the greatest of these is comedy of situation. ..."

3. Cinema Craftsmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights by Frances Taylor Patterson (1920)
"We want comedy of character, comedy of situation, comedy of incident, and comedy of costume. And the greatest of these is comedy of situation. ..."

4. Cinema Craftsmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights by Frances Taylor Patterson (1921)
"We want comedy of character, comedy of situation, comedy of incident, and comedy of costume. And the greatest of these is comedy of situation. ..."

5. The Contemporary Drama of England by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1917)
"... Necklace is a situation comedy. His best comedy is The Mollusc, a remarkable study of the character of a woman. Outcast broaches a serious problem and ..."

6. English Poetry: Its Principles and Progress, with Representative by Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young (1904)
"As You Like It is a comedy of character ; The School for Scandal, of manners ; The Comedy of Errors, of situation. Comedy ..."

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