"dramatize" meaning in English

See dramatize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dramatize.wav Forms: dramatizes [present, singular, third-person], dramatizing [participle, present], dramatized [participle, past], dramatized [past], dramatise [alternative]
Etymology: From drama + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|drama|-ize}} drama + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)
  1. (transitive) To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television. Tags: transitive Translations (to adapt a literary work): драматизирам (dramatiziram) (Bulgarian), dramatisieren (German), δραματοποιώ (dramatopoió) (Greek), drámaigh (Irish), sceneggiare (Italian), dramatize etmek (Turkish), dramatön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-dramatize-en-verb-UNkbyUhG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'to adapt a literary work': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner. Tags: transitive Translations (to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner): драматизирам (dramatiziram) (Bulgarian), dramatiser (French), dramatisieren (German), δραματοποιώ (dramatopoió) (Greek), dramatyzować (Polish), драматизи́ровать (dramatizírovatʹ) (Russian), dramatize etmek (Turkish), dramatön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-dramatize-en-verb-8Hw8QwFX Disambiguation of 'to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dedramatize, docudramatize, dramatizable, dramatizer, melodramatize, overdramatize, redramatize, underdramatize, undramatized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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