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noun
a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
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Origin of situation comedy
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby situation comedy
Sittwe, situate, situated, situation, situational irony, situation comedy, situation ethics, situationism, situation room, situla, sit under
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How to use situation comedy in a sentence
The theme song to the 1980s situation comedy "Cheers" celebrated an urban bar as a place where "everybody knows your name."
Nevertheless, I contend that a special place in this story belongs to, of all things, a situation comedy: Father Ted.
British Dictionary definitions for situation comedy
situation comedy
noun
(on television or radio) a comedy series involving the same characters in various day-to-day situations which are developed as separate stories for each episodeAlso called: sitcom
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