Meaning of "travesties" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TRAVESTIES

travesties

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAVESTIES

Travesties is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb travesties in English.

WHAT DOES TRAVESTIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Travesties

Travesties is a play by Tom Stoppard. The play centres on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRAVESTIES

PRESENT

Present

I travesty

you travesty

he/she/it travesties

we travesty

you travesty

they travesty

Present continuous

I am travestying

you are travestying

he/she/it is travestying

we are travestying

you are travestying

they are travestying

Present perfect

I have travestied

you have travestied

he/she/it has travestied

we have travestied

you have travestied

they have travestied

Present perfect continuous

I have been travestying

you have been travestying

he/she/it has been travestying

we have been travestying

you have been travestying

they have been travestying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I travestied

you travestied

he/she/it travestied

we travestied

you travestied

they travestied

Past continuous

I was travestying

you were travestying

he/she/it was travestying

we were travestying

you were travestying

they were travestying

Past perfect

I had travestied

you had travestied

he/she/it had travestied

we had travestied

you had travestied

they had travestied

Past perfect continuous

I had been travestying

you had been travestying

he/she/it had been travestying

we had been travestying

you had been travestying

they had been travestying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will travesty

you will travesty

he/she/it will travesty

we will travesty

you will travesty

they will travesty

Future continuous

I will be travestying

you will be travestying

he/she/it will be travestying

we will be travestying

you will be travestying

they will be travestying

Future perfect

I will have travestied

you will have travestied

he/she/it will have travestied

we will have travestied

you will have travestied

they will have travestied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been travestying

you will have been travestying

he/she/it will have been travestying

we will have been travestying

you will have been travestying

they will have been travestying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would travesties

you would travesties

he/she/it would travesties

we would travesties

you would travesties

they would travesties

Conditional continuous

I would be travestying

you would be travestying

he/she/it would be travestying

we would be travestying

you would be travestying

they would be travestying

Conditional perfect

I would have travesties

you would have travesties

he/she/it would have travesties

we would have travesties

you would have travesties

they would have travesties

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been travestying

you would have been travestying

he/she/it would have been travestying

we would have been travestying

you would have been travestying

they would have been travestying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you travesty
we let´s travesty
you travesty

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to travesty

Past participle

travestied

Present Participle

travestying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TRAVESTIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «travesties» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of travesties

burlesque · caricature · deride · distort · distortion · lampoon · make fun of · mock · mockery · parody · perversion · pervert · ridicule · send up · send-up · sham · spoof · take off · takeoff

TRANSLATION OF TRAVESTIES

Find out the translation of travesties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of travesties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «travesties» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: travesties
• Translator English - Spanish: travestis
• English: travesties
• Translator English - Hindi: travesties
• Translator English - Arabic: التحريفات
• Translator English - Russian: травести
• Translator English - Portuguese: travestis
• Translator English - Bengali: travesties
• Translator English - French: travestissements
• Translator English - Malay: Travesty
• Translator English - German: Travestien
• Translator English - Japanese: travesties
• Translator English - Korean: travesties
• Translator English - Javanese: Travesties
• Translator English - Vietnamese: travesties
• Translator English - Tamil: ஏளனங்களையும்
• Translator English - Marathi: ट्रॅव्हस्ट्रीज
• Translator English - Turkish: travesti
• Translator English - Italian: travestimenti
• Translator English - Polish: travesties
• Translator English - Ukrainian: травесті
• Translator English - Romanian: travesties
• Translator English - Greek: travesties
• Translator English - Afrikaans: travesties
• Translator English - Swedish: travesties
• Translator English - Norwegian: travesties

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAVESTIES»

Discover the use of travesties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to travesties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Travesties

The text itself is a Joycean web of literary allusions; yet it also radiates sheer intellectual joie de vivre, as if Stoppard were delightedly communicating the fruits of his own researches.' Guardian

Tom Stoppard, 2013

A Stylistics of Drama: With Special Focus on Stoppard's ...

This study looks at how stylistic methods apply to drama texts, and focuses its attention on Stoppard's Traversties, which, by its parodic nature, compels an investigation of literary parody as an intertextual mode.

Peter K. W. Tan, 1993

Agnes Bowker's Cat: Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor ...

Cressy examines how the orderly, Protestant, and hierarchical society of post-Reformation England coped with the cultural challenges posed by beliefs and events outside the social norm.

David Cressy, 2001

Mock Modernism: An Anthology of Parodies, Travesties, ...

Mock Modernism is an anthology of these amusing pieces, the overwhelming majority of which have not been in print since the first decades of the twentieth century.

Leonard Diepeveen, 2014

Social Travesties and What They Cost

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).

Donald Taylor Atkinson, 2010

On the Road to Tok and Other Photographic Travesties: ...

This off-the-wall collection of photographs is sure to make you laugh out loud--or at least snort inappropriately!

Tom Sadowski, Jimmie Froehlich, 2003

Stoppard's Theatre: Finding Order amid Chaos

Paul Delaney asserts: "Quite clearly the final words of Travesties answer in the negative" (Moral Vision 81). Even if one interprets Carr's speech that way, the spectator, armed with history, should realize that in some cases they can be.

John Fleming, 2009

The New Shakespeare and Other Travesties

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

R. W. Criswell, 2010

Traits and Travesties: Social and Political

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.

Laurence Oliphant, 2010

Brief Diversions: Being Tales, Travesties and Epigrams - ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

J. B. 1894- Priestley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAVESTIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term travesties is used in the context of the following news items.

Great performances: John Wood in Stoppard's Travesties

Behind the mask … John Wood as Henry Carr in Travesties by Tom Stoppard, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1974. Photograph: Sophie Baker/ ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Review: Madcap wink at history in Stoppard's Travesties

Left to right: Greg Ellwand as Henry Carr, Ellen David as Nadya, and Daniel Lillford as Lenin, in Tom Stoppard's play Travesties, directed by Jacob Tierney at the ... «Montreal Gazette, Apr 15»

Remy Bumppo Theatre aces Tom Stoppard's test with Travesties

But Travesties may be the most Shortzian of Stoppard's plays. First performed in 1974, it's an orgy of erudition, a cerebro-slapstick, dropping names and ... «Chicago Reader, Apr 15»

Stoppard's Travesties Gets a Dazzling Production at Remy Bumppo

Stoppard's Travesties in a new production at Remy Bumppo Theatre is a brilliantly conceived, acted and produced surrealist comedy -- and the language still ... «Gapers Block, Apr 15»

'Travesties': Potent mix of Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde and the little guy

In 1974's "Travesties," now in a scintillating, smart — and surprisingly touching — revival under Nick Sandys' direction with Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»

Remy Bumppo to Stage Tom Stoppard's TRAVESTIES, 3/25-5/3

Remy Bumppo will present Tom Stoppard's Travesties as the final production of its 18th season. Press Opening is Monday, March 30, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the ... «Broadway World, Feb 15»

Five WWE Title Matches That Were Bigger Travesties Than Deflate …

Well, now we know. Or we can guess, at least. Despite vehement denials from both to the contrary, it seems to be generally assumed by most of the sorts ... «Houston Press, Jan 15»

9 Travesties Of Justice In 2014 That Would Be Totally Unbelievable …

Every year, stories emerge that serve as a reminder that the American system of justice means injustice for too many, with some receiving little or no punishment ... «ThinkProgress, Dec 14»

The Knuckles: Terrible Teams and Travesties in Time Magazine

It continues to be a glorious time to be a knucklehead and here at The Knuckles, we won't forget to notice. There are knuckeheads everywhere but in the land of ... «Boston.com, Sep 14»

A Comedy of Wilde Importance

Five years later, APT is now making the shrewdest possible use of its new space by performing Tom Stoppard's "Travesties" there. "Travesties" is that paradox of ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»