dramatise


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dramatise


Past participle: dramatised
Gerund: dramatising

Imperative
dramatise
dramatise
Present
I dramatise
you dramatise
he/she/it dramatises
we dramatise
you dramatise
they dramatise
Preterite
I dramatised
you dramatised
he/she/it dramatised
we dramatised
you dramatised
they dramatised
Present Continuous
I am dramatising
you are dramatising
he/she/it is dramatising
we are dramatising
you are dramatising
they are dramatising
Present Perfect
I have dramatised
you have dramatised
he/she/it has dramatised
we have dramatised
you have dramatised
they have dramatised
Past Continuous
I was dramatising
you were dramatising
he/she/it was dramatising
we were dramatising
you were dramatising
they were dramatising
Past Perfect
I had dramatised
you had dramatised
he/she/it had dramatised
we had dramatised
you had dramatised
they had dramatised
Future
I will dramatise
you will dramatise
he/she/it will dramatise
we will dramatise
you will dramatise
they will dramatise
Future Perfect
I will have dramatised
you will have dramatised
he/she/it will have dramatised
we will have dramatised
you will have dramatised
they will have dramatised
Future Continuous
I will be dramatising
you will be dramatising
he/she/it will be dramatising
we will be dramatising
you will be dramatising
they will be dramatising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dramatising
you have been dramatising
he/she/it has been dramatising
we have been dramatising
you have been dramatising
they have been dramatising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dramatising
you will have been dramatising
he/she/it will have been dramatising
we will have been dramatising
you will have been dramatising
they will have been dramatising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dramatising
you had been dramatising
he/she/it had been dramatising
we had been dramatising
you had been dramatising
they had been dramatising
Conditional
I would dramatise
you would dramatise
he/she/it would dramatise
we would dramatise
you would dramatise
they would dramatise
Past Conditional
I would have dramatised
you would have dramatised
he/she/it would have dramatised
we would have dramatised
you would have dramatised
they would have dramatised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.dramatise - put into dramatic formdramatise - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
2.dramatise - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
overdramatise, overdramatize - present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class"
3.dramatise - add details to
glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
يُمَسْرِح، يُحَوِّل إلى مَسْرَحِيَّه
færa í leikbúningÿkja

drama

(ˈdraːmə) noun
1. a play for acting on the stage. He has just produced a new drama.
2. plays for the stage in general. modern drama.
3. the art of acting in plays. He studied drama at college.
4. exciting events. Life here is full of drama.
dramatic (drəˈmӕtik) adjective
1. of or in the form of a drama. a dramatic performance.
2. vivid or striking. a dramatic improvement; She made a dramatic entrance.
3. (of a person) showing (too) much feeling or emotion. She's very dramatic about everything.
draˈmatically adverb
ˈdramatist (ˈdrӕ-) noun
a writer of plays.
ˈdramatize, ˈdramatise (ˈdrӕ-) verb
1. to turn into the form of a play. She dramatized the novel for television.
2. to make real events seem like things that happen in a play. She dramatizes everything so!
dramatiˈzation noun
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References in classic literature ?
The honour is reciprocal, sir, as I usually say when I dramatise a book.
'When I dramatise a book, sir,' said the literary gentleman, 'THAT'S fame.
Dubai: Mohammad Al Abbar, Chairman of Emr Properties, said that there is no harm to take a bit of risk in any business and it is not logical to dramatise the corruption issues in Africa.