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51tragedy — noun the flood was the worst tragedy in the city s history Syn: disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm, misfortune, mishap, blow, trial, tribulation, affliction, adversity …
52tragedy — /ˈtrædʒədi / (say trajuhdee) noun (plural tragedies) 1. a dramatic composition of serious or sombre character, with an unhappy ending: Shakespeare s tragedy of Hamlet . 2. that branch of the drama which is concerned with this form of composition …
53tragedy — Mea kaumaha loa; keaka hopena kaumaha (theatrical). In poetry, heavy rain may represent tears and tragedy …
54tragedy of commons — bendrųjų išteklių tragedija statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Procesas, kai žmonės (arba tarptautiniu mastu – valstybės), siekdami patenkinti savo poreikius, naudoja bendrus, bet niekam konkrečiai nepriklausančius gamtinius išteklius (orą,… …
55tragedy — [14] Etymologically, a tragedy is probably a ‘goat song’. The word comes via Old French tragedie and Latin tragoedia from Greek tragōidíā, a compound formed from trágos ‘goat’ and ōidé ‘song’ (source of English ode, parody, rhapsody, etc). It is… …
56tragedy — n. (pl. ies) 1 a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe. 2 a sad event; a calamity (the team s defeat is a tragedy). 3 a a play in verse or prose dealing with tragic events and with an unhappy ending, esp. concerning the downfall of the… …
57tragedy — noun (plural dies) Etymology: Middle English tragedie, from Middle French, from Latin tragoedia, from Greek tragōidia, from tragos goat (akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw) + aeidein to sing more at troglodyte, ode Date: 14th century 1. a. a medieval… …
58tragedy of the commons — the decline or loss of a common property natural resource through continued exploitation after the maximum sustainable yield has been reached. Unhappily true of many fisheries where no one owns them and so no one has a vested interest in… …
59tragedy — noun a) A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character. b) The genre of such works, and the …
60tragedy — trag·e·dy || trædʒɪdɪ n. dramatic composition with an unhappy ending portraying a conflict between the protagonist and destiny or circumstances; literary creation in this form; disaster, calamity …
