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tragedy /'trædʒǝdi/ n ၁။ [C, U] ကံဆိုးမိုးေမွာင္က်ျခင္း။ အျဖစ္ဆိုး။ Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try to find the cause of the tragedy. ❍ The whole affair ended in tragedy. ❍ It's a tragedy (ie extremely unfortunate) for this country that such a great musician died so young. ၂။ (က) [C] အလြမ္းဇာတ္။ အေဆြးဇာတ္။ Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies. (ခ) [U] …အလြမ္းဇာတ္သဘင္။ Greek tragedy. Compare COMEDY၁ ❏ tragedian /trǝ'dʒi:diǝn/ n ၁။ အလြမ္းျပဇာတ္ေရးဆရာ။ ၂။ အလြမ္းမင္းသား။ ❏ tragedienne /trǝdʒi:di'en/ n အလြမ္းမင္းသမီး။

Examples

1. The trip ended in tragedy.
2. [prevent/avert a tragedy] : The measures were designed to prevent any similar tragedies.
3. It’s a tragedy that so many young people are out of work.
4. Shakespeare’s tragedies
5. We are studying Greek tragedy.