Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To adapt (a literary work) for dramatic presentation, as in a theater or on television or radio.
- v. To present or view in a dramatic or melodramatic way.
- v. To be adaptable to dramatic form.
- v. To indulge in self-dramatization.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make a drama of; put into dramatic form; adapt for representation on the stage: as, to dramatize an incident or an adventure; to dramatize a legend or a novel.
- To express or manifest dramatically; bring out in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
- Also spelled dramatise.
Wiktionary
- v. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
- v. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- v. put into dramatic form
- v. represent something in a dramatic manner
- v. add details to
Examples
“I can understand dramatizing/fictionalizing a movie about the Revolutionary War, but when we have actual footage and actual people who survived, why on earth would you need to/want to "dramatize" it?”
“Medvedev said he would not "dramatize" troubled ties between Russia and NATO and said NATO needs Russia more than Russia needs NATO.”
“Medvedev said he would not "dramatize" troubled ties between Russia and NATO, and warned that NATO needs Russia more than Russia needs NATO.”
“Without a single exception, all hindi news channels are telecasting crime bulletins in which they "dramatize" (see their creativity!) some crime-based theme and teach criminals how to commit crimes in a new way!”
“On Facebook" is a clever conceit by Doug Wright, who used the thread of an online argument about gay marriage to create his work, though unfortunately it's not lengthy or vivid enough to do more than document, as opposed to dramatize.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: Theater: Beckett Funnier Than A Comedy About Gay Marriage? Yep!
“We tend to dramatize teenage sexuality through the assumption that young people are unable to exercise control over their urges and interactions.”
The Huffington Post: Amy Schalet: The New ABCD's of Talking About Sex With Teenagers
“But when we dramatize teenage sexuality by focusing only on its risks, we don't give young people the tools to mature into sexually and emotionally healthy adults.”
The Huffington Post: Amy Schalet: The New ABCD's of Talking About Sex With Teenagers
“To dramatize a claim the cuts would mean the death of their schools, students and parents from 55 schools ferried mock coffins to Lisbon and put them on the median strip outside Ms. Alçada's ministry.”
“It would dramatize the difference between two opposing views of human society.”
Holder says no need to read Miranda rights to bin Laden if captured
“So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.”
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