Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

situation comedy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: sit-u-a-tion -com-e-dy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

Example Sentences

"[…] in a time of peril and opportunity, the old complacent, unbalanced fare of action-adventure and situation comedies is simply not good enough."

Inflected Forms

situation comedies (plural) sitcom (abbreviation)

Synonyms

sitcom

Questions

What does situation comedy mean?: An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

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