English verb: dramatize | |||
1. | dramatize (creation) put into dramatic form | ||
Samples | Adopt a book for a screenplay. | ||
Examples | Did he dramatize his major works over a short period of time? | ||
Synonyms | adopt, dramatise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | compose, indite, pen, write | ||
Domain category | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
2. | dramatize (communication) represent something in a dramatic manner | ||
Samples | These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth. | ||
Synonyms | dramatise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | represent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | overdramatise, overdramatize | ||
3. | dramatize (communication) add details to | ||
Examples | They won't dramatize the story | ||
Synonyms | aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | glorify | ||