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# playwright

noun (a playwright, playwrights)

«playwright» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A playwright is a person who writes plays for the theatre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x1)
- Our class became playwrights and wrote short plays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x2)
- The playwright watched the first show from the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x3)
- A playwright writes what actors say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x4)
- The young playwright won a prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x5)
- Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «playwright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playwright/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«playwright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/playwright.html) on Mova free.