dram ‧ a ‧ tize AC BrE AmE ( also dramatise British English ) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ drama , ↑ dramatist ; verb : ↑ dramatize ; adjective : ↑ dramatic ]
1 . to make a book or event into a play or film:
a novel dramatized for television
2 . to make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is:
Why do you have to dramatize everything?
3 . to make something more noticeable SYN highlight :
This incident dramatized the difficulties involved in the project.
—dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]