"daytime drama" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: daytime drama s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|daytime dramas}} daytime drama (countable and uncountable, plural daytime dramas)
  1. A television or radio serial broadcast during the daytime, especially one featuring melodramatic stories or characters. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Radio, Television Synonyms: daytime serial, soap opera
    Sense id: en-daytime_drama-en-noun-x-048AFk Disambiguation of Radio: 77 23 Disambiguation of Television: 56 44
  2. (uncountable) The genre comprising such serials. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-daytime_drama-en-noun-z8yHlQ2o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 60

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