dramatize

• dramatise (UK)

From drama + -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/

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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.
2. (transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

• “dramatize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

dramatize

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