playwright

«playwright» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who writes plays for the theatre — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a playwright, playwrights)

meaning for a pupil

A playwright is a person who writes plays for the theatre. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons a playwright writes scripts with characters, dialogue and stage directions; famous playwrights include Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Arthur Miller. Phrases: a famous playwright, the playwright's notes.

examples

• Shakespeare is the most famous English playwright. tree →
• Our class became playwrights and wrote short plays. tree →
• The playwright watched the first show from the back. tree →
• A playwright writes what actors say. tree →
• The young playwright won a prize. tree →
• Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright. tree →

note

Spelling trap: «wright», not «write». «Wright» is an old word for a maker or builder (as in wheelwright, shipwright), so a playwright is a «play maker». Countable: playwrights.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «playwright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.