dramatize
English
Alternative forms
- dramatise (UK)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)
- (transitive) To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
- (transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
Derived terms
Translations
to adapt a literary work
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to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
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References
- “dramatize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Portuguese
Verb
dramatize
- inflection of dramatizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative