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dramatize
  1. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
  2. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She wanted to dramatize her favorite novel by performing it on stage.”
      “In the opening portion of the dance, Tuson and Olson dramatize a legend in which the wind is freed from its confinement by a bear.”
      “Dubble pushed off into the air again and in a histrionic sally swung his arms open, as if to dramatize his explanation.”
dramatise
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of dramatize
  2. Examples:
    1. “With these they are able to dramatise plains, prairies, steppes and meadows.”
      “The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos.”
      “It is the first time a British television station has attempted to dramatise the story of a living royal and is certain to be controversial.”
dramatises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatise, an alternative spelling of dramatize.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Douglas Wootton dramatises this bawdily rollicking ditty to perfection, down to the last nudge and wink.”
      “He brings what one could only describe as a sort of musical choreography to his compositions that dramatises the scenario he depicts and complements his near poetic lyrics.”
      “It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.”
dramatizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The shadow cast by the craft's planform in the photo dramatizes the strange design.”
      “As Beckett dramatizes, the ultimate reality of the subjective mind is beyond the spatio-temporal limits of logical meaning.”
      “He likewise never dramatizes a cultural crisis of meaning as a kind of descent into nothingness, madness, and absurdity.”
dramatized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dramatize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His spokesman strongly denied allegations that the government had dramatized the reunion to boost the ruling party's chances on Sunday.”
      “The novel has been dramatized, filmed, and translated and remained in print throughout the author's life.”
      “Along with improved narrative competence, I observed more cooperation, sharing, and collaboration as the children dramatized the stories.”
dramatised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dramatise
  2. Examples:
    1. “The genres, however, include a variety of subgenres, such as cyberpunk, punk, funk, dramatised Western style, goth, lolita, and warmono.”
      “What is dramatised is not only the margin, but also the movement to and fro, the passage, or transition between reality and representation.”
      “The tension between these two interrelated concepts has been dramatised most strongly in the Indian public sphere after independence.”
dramatising
  1. present participle of dramatise
  2. Examples:
    1. “So great was her love for Stevenson that she used to press-gang the neighbourhood kids into dramatising passages from Kidnapped.”
      “Instead, it focuses on documenting and dramatising a story that most everyone knows at least something about.”
      “The film delves into hidden family secrets, dramatising the escalation of an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister who have been recently reacquainted.”
dramatizing
  1. present participle of dramatize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Both comedies examine black-white relations in dramatizing the interdependence between the races.”
      “Instead, film-makers sensed the difficulty in dramatizing a story with so little dialogue and virtually no interaction between characters.”
      “Less is definitely more when it comes to dramatizing Hawthorne, and the film is suitably spare and lean, both in style and characterization.”
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