(~s, dramatizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'dramatise'
1.
If a book or story is ~d, it is written or presented as a play, film, or television drama.
...an incident later ~d in the movie ‘The Right Stuff’.
...a dramatised version of the novel.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
dramatization (dramatizations)
...a dramatisation of D H Lawrence’s novel, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover.’
N-COUNT: with supp
2.
If you say that someone ~s 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 ~ almost every situation.
= exaggerate
VERB: V n disapproval
3.
If something that happens or is done ~s a situation, it focuses people’s attention on the situation in a dramatic way.
The need for change has been ~d by plummeting bank profits.
= highlight
VERB: V n