dramatize

English

Etymology

From drama +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)

1. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
2. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

Derived terms

• dedramatize
• docudramatize
• dramatizable
• dramatizer
• melodramatize
• overdramatize
• redramatize
• underdramatize
• undramatized

 

Translations

to adapt a literary work

• Bulgarian: драматизирам (dramatiziram)
• German: dramatisieren (de)
• Greek: δραματοποιώ (el) (dramatopoió)
• Irish: drámaigh
• Italian: sceneggiare (it)
• Turkish: dramatize etmek (tr)
• Volapük: dramatön (vo)

to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner

• Bulgarian: драматизирам (dramatiziram)
• French: dramatiser (fr)
• German: dramatisieren (de)
• Greek: δραματοποιώ (el) (dramatopoió)
• Polish: dramatyzować
• Russian: драматизи́ровать (ru) (dramatizírovatʹ)
• Turkish: dramatize etmek (tr)
• Volapük: dramatön (vo)

References

• “dramatize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Portuguese

Verb

dramatize

1. inflection of dramatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative