dramatize
verb /ˈdræmətaɪz/
/ˈdræmətaɪz/
(British English also dramatise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dramatize | /ˈdræmətaɪz/ /ˈdræmətaɪz/ |
| he / she / it dramatizes | /ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ /ˈdræmətaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple dramatized | /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ |
| past participle dramatized | /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ /ˈdræmətaɪzd/ |
| -ing form dramatizing | /ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈdræmətaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] dramatize something to present a book, an event, etc. as a play or a film
- Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ was dramatized on television recently.
- [transitive, intransitive] dramatize (something) to make something seem more exciting or important than it really is
- Don't worry too much about what she said—she tends to dramatize things.