1 [mass noun] professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh:a cabaret with music, dancing, and comedythe show combines theatre with the best of stand-up comedy
[count noun] a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh: [as modifier]:a comedy film
the style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programmes:the conventions of romantic comedy have grown more appealing with the passage of time
the humorous or amusing aspects of something:advertising people see the comedy in their work
2a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity:Shakespeare’s comedies
the dramatic genre represented by comedies:satiric comedyCompare with tragedy (sense 2).
