transcription, транскрипция: [ dræmətaɪz ]
( dramatizes, dramatizing, dramatized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'dramatise'
1.
If a book or story is dramatized , it is written or presented as a play, film, or television drama.
...an incident later dramatized in the movie ‘The Right Stuff’.
...a dramatised version of the novel.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed
• drama‧ti‧za‧tion
(dramatizations)
...a dramatisation of D H Lawrence’s novel, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover.’
N-COUNT : with supp
2.
If you say that someone dramatizes a situation or event, you mean that they try to make it seem more serious, more important, or more exciting than it really is.
They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
= exaggerate
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
3.
If something that happens or is done dramatizes a situation, it focuses people’s attention on the situation in a dramatic way.
The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
= highlight
VERB : V n