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'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.
Timothy Dalton

Meaning of "soap opera" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOAP OPERA

So called because manufacturers of soap were typical sponsors.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SOAP OPERA

soap opera play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOAP OPERA

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Soap opera is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOAP OPERA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, or simply a soap, is a serial drama, on television or radio, that features related story lines dealing with the lives of multiple characters. The stories in these series typically focus heavily on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The name soap opera stems from the fact that many of the sponsors and producers of the original dramatic serials' broadcast on radio were soap manufacturers.

Definition of soap opera in the English dictionary

The definition of soap opera in the dictionary is a serialized drama, usually dealing with domestic themes and characterized by sentimentality, broadcast on radio or television.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOAP OPERA

soap
soap boiler
soap boiling
soap bubble
soap powder
soapbark
soapberries
soapberry
soapbox
soapbox derby
soapbox orator
soapbox oratory
soapdish
soaper
soapflakes
soapie
soapier
soapies
soapiest
soapily

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOAP OPERA

ballad opera
comic opera
grand opera
horse opera
light opera
opera
popera
puerpera
rock opera
space opera
tempera

Synonyms and antonyms of soap opera in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soap opera» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOAP OPERA

Find out the translation of soap opera to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soap opera from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soap opera» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肥皂剧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

culebrón
570 millions of speakers

English

soap opera
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सोप ओपेरा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مُسَلْسَلٌ دْرَامِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мыльная опера
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

novela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাওপ অপেরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feuilleton télévisé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Opera sabun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seifenoper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソープオペラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연속극
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

sinetron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chương trình truyền hình nhiều tập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோப் ஓபரா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साबण ऑपेरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pembe dizi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soap opera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opera mydlana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мелодрама
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

telenovelă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαπουνόπερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sepie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvålopera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

såpeopera
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soap opera

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOAP OPERA»

The term «soap opera» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOAP OPERA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soap opera

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10 QUOTES WITH «SOAP OPERA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word soap opera.
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Linden Ashby
I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.
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Corbin Bernsen
My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.
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Ruben Blades
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.
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Dylan Bruce
Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error.
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Lindsey Buckingham
Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.
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Jeremy Bulloch
I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler.
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Jeremy Bulloch
Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again.
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Jencarlos Canela
I never pictured myself as a telenovela galan - never imagined I'd be in a soap opera.
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Timothy Dalton
'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.
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Doug Davidson
It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOAP OPERA»

Discover the use of soap opera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soap opera and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era
Includes interviews that provide various perspectives of the soap opera television. How the daytime drama format reaches or loses its audience in the Internet age
Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C. Lee Harrington, 2011
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The Soap Opera Paradigm: Television Programming and ...
The Soap Opera Paradigm is an engaging look at the pervasive use of daytime soap opera storytelling techniques in most television program genres, from prime time soap operas and reality shows to the nightly news, coverage of political ...
James H. Wittebols, 2004
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Women and Soap Opera: A Cultural Feminist Perspective
This book will be of interest to academics in the areas of sociology, women's studies, and media studies.
Dannielle Blumenthal, 1997
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Watching Dallas: Soap Opera and the Melodramatic Imagination
Ien Ang asks the question: what was it about Dallas that made it so entertaining and succesful, and how exactly is its entertainment constructed?
Ien Ang, 2013
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Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble
Included here is the real story behind P&G’s Rely brand tampons and their link to women’s deaths from toxic shock syndrome—and how P&G tried to suppress that evidence.
Alecia Swasy, 2012
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The feminist, the housewife, and the soap opera
The book integrates personal autobiographical accounts within a broader history which traces both the move from 'women's liberation' to 'Feminism', and the acceptance ofsoap opera as a serious object of study.
Charlotte Brunsdon, 2000
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Soap Opera
This is the first book to consider the soap opera within the economy of broadcasting; it includes a chapter based on interviews with leading broadcasting executives who give their analysis of the importance of the soap opera to their ...
Dorothy Hobson, 2003
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Soap Opera and Women's Talk: The Pleasure of Resistance
Undertaken as an ethnographic study in which the author is a member of the group, a fan and also a researcher, this book shows that engagement with soap operas creates an opening for women to serve as wedges into the dominant culture.
Mary Ellen Brown, 1994
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The soap opera
The impact of soap opera on its audience, the different varieties of soap operas, and the differences in structure, content, and commercial purpose between soap operas and prime time television are also discussed.
Muriel G. Cantor, Suzanne Pingree, 1983
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No End to Her: Soap Opera and the Female Subject
"Combines an array of critical methodologies to come to terms with a culturally persuasive but vastly undervalued media form.The scholarship is quite extraordinary.
Martha Nochimson, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOAP OPERA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soap opera is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brazil's Biblical soap opera The Ten Commandments gets record …
The actress agonizes on her deathbed, her hair and makeup impeccable, as the hunky male lead clutches her hand. Tears pour down his face while her eyelids ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Laura Spencer: 'General Hospital' Welcomes Genie Francis Back To …
Although she began her General Hospital soap opera success journey in 1976 before leaving in 1982 for roles on soap operas such as Days of Our Lives and ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 15»
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Neighbours – 30 facts for 30 years of the soap opera
3. Since Neighbours was first broadcast in 1985, the soap has been watched in more than 60 countries around the world including Barbados, Norway and ... «Western Morning News, Mar 15»
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Why the soap opera is in terminal decline
But the history of soap operas goes back a great deal further than that. They first emerged on radio in the US of the early 1930s at the beginning of the Great ... «The Conversation UK, Feb 15»
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Black ex-soap opera star sues CBS with retaliation charge
NEW YORK (AP) — Former soap opera actress Victoria Rowell has sued CBS and producers, saying they have kept her off the air as retaliation for advocating ... «Yahoo News UK, Feb 15»
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'The Bold and the Beautiful' star struck by car, breaks 2 legs
WASHINGTON — A star of the soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” has two broken legs after a car ran her over Monday in Los Angeles. Linsey Godfrey was ... «WTOP, Feb 15»
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Watch Jimmy Fallon and Oprah Get Auto-Tuned in a Soap Opera
On Monday night's The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon and Oprah Winfrey parodied 80s soap operas by reliving the time they “starred” on “Midnight Meadows.”. «TIME, Dec 14»
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'Soap Opera' Ambassador's Confirmation Spurs Political Drama
What does $2.1 million and "The Bold and the Beautiful" have to do with diplomatic relations with Hungary? In a narrow vote Tuesday, the United States Senate ... «NBCNews.com, Dec 14»
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Ashtabula County | Soap opera actor charged with vehicular assault
Soap opera actor Freddie Smith has been charged with felony vehicular assault and misdemeanor driving under the influence after a single-vehicle crash that ... «WKYC-TV, Nov 14»
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'DAYS' Star Freddie Smith Involved In Serious Car Crash
Soap Opera Network will bring you more as this story develops. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) · Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ... «Soap Opera Network, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Soap opera [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/soap-opera>. May 2024 ».
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