What does dramatize mean?

Definitions for dramatize
ˈdræm əˌtaɪz, ˈdrɑ mə-dra·ma·tize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dramatize, dramatise, adoptverb

    put into dramatic form

    "adopt a book for a screenplay"

  2. dramatize, dramatiseverb

    represent something in a dramatic manner

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

  3. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatiseverb

    add details to

Wiktionary

  1. dramatizeverb

    To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.

  2. dramatizeverb

    To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

Wikipedia

  1. dramatize

    A dramatization is the creation of a dramatic performance of material depicting real or fictional events. Dramatization may occur in any media, and can play a role in education and the psychological development of children. The production of a dramatization presents potential legal issues, arising both from the use of elements of fictional works created by others, and with the depiction of real persons and events.

ChatGPT

  1. dramatize

    To dramatize means to adapt or present a piece of information or an event in a theatrical or exaggerated way to make it more exciting, entertaining or significant. It can also mean expressing emotions or reacting in a strong or exaggerated manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dramatizeverb

    to compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. dramatiser.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dramatize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dramatize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dramatize in a Sentence

  1. John LewisThe:

    It is good to be in Selma, Alabama, one more time, to take a little walk to try to dramatize the need for the rights of all our people to be able to participate in the democratic process.

  2. Marc Morial:

    Why shouldn't the President come to the front lines of the battle, not operate simply in the Rose Garden or in the Oval Office to demonstrate and dramatize for the American people ?

  3. Jill Soloway:

    When the time came to bring the' Transparent' journey to a close, it was clear that saying goodbye to Maura Pfefferman was our path forward, in this musical finale, we dramatize the death of Maura Pfefferman in an odyssey of comedy and melancholy told through the joyful prism of melody and dance.

  4. Bernice King:

    What you're saying is : Whatever is going on is so bad that it's worth engaging in, quote on quote, breaking the law because policies are being used to break people's lives, if putting your body on the line will dramatize how bad it is and get attention to that matter, then you're willing to do that because we're not an insurrection. We're a resurrection -- a resurrection of morals.

  5. Dmitry Peskov:

    I would not dramatize the situation.

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