DRAMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatize mean? 

• DRAMATIZE (verb)
  The verb DRAMATIZE has 3 senses:

1. put into dramatic form

2. represent something in a dramatic manner

3. add details to

  Familiarity information: DRAMATIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dramatize    ... he / she / it dramatizes   
Past simple: dramatized   
Past participle: dramatized   
-ing form: dramatizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into dramatic form

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

adopt; dramatise; dramatize

Context example:

adopt a book for a screenplay

Hypernyms (to "dramatize" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he dramatize his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

drama (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)

dramatist (someone who writes plays)

dramatization (a dramatic representation)

dramatization (conversion into dramatic form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Represent something in a dramatic manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

dramatise; dramatize

Context example:

These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth

Hypernyms (to "dramatize" is one way to...):

represent (serve as a means of expressing something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dramatize"):

overdramatise; overdramatize (present in an overly dramatic manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

drama (the quality of being arresting or highly emotional)

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

drama (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)

drama (an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional)

dramatization (a dramatic representation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Add details to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad

Hypernyms (to "dramatize" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dramatize"):

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sentence example:

They won't dramatize the story

Derivation:

drama (an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional)