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# farce

«farce» in Mova's school dictionary: **a funny play or film full of silly situations, mix-ups…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a farce, farces; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A farce is a funny play or film full of silly situations, mix-ups, chases and people hiding in cupboards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#m1)

2) (informal) A farce is a situation that is so badly organised or unfair that it is ridiculous: «The sports day was a farce». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In drama and English lessons, farce is a type of comedy with fast action and unlikely events. In everyday life and news, people complain that a meeting, a match or a trial was «a farce» when it went badly. Phrases: «a complete farce», «turn into a farce».

### examples

- We watched a farce where everyone kept slamming doors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x1)
- The match was a farce because the referee didn't turn up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x2)
- The school trip turned into a farce when the bus broke down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x3)
- The play is a farce full of mistaken identities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x4)
- Calling that a fair vote is a farce! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x5)
- Farce is one of the oldest kinds of comedy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/#x6)

### note

Adjective: farcical. Say «farss». It is a strong criticism when used about real events.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «farce» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farce/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.