| VERB | creation | dramatize, dramatise, adopt | put into dramatic form |
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| communication | dramatize, dramatise | represent something in a dramatic manner | |
| communication | dramatize, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise | add details to |
| Sounds | draa'mahtay.z; drae'mahtay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 259 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | put into dramatic form. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he dramatize his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Synonyms | dramatise, adopt | |
| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Broader | write, compose, pen, indite | produce a literary work |
| Catalan | adaptar | |
| Spanish | adaptar | |
| Nouns | drama | the literary genre of works intended for the theater |
| drama | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | |
| dramatist | someone who writes plays | |
| dramatization | a dramatic representation | |
| dramatization | conversion into dramatic form | |
| Meaning | represent something in a dramatic manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" | |
| Synonym | dramatise | |
| Narrower | overdramatize, overdramatise | Present in an overly dramatic manner |
| Broader | represent | Serve as a means of expressing something |
| Nouns | drama | the quality of being arresting or highly emotional |
| drama | the literary genre of works intended for the theater | |
| drama | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | |
| drama | an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | |
| dramatization | a dramatic representation | |
| Meaning | add details to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They won't dramatize the story | |
| Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise | |
| Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Catalan | inflar | |
| Spanish | hinchar | |
| Nouns | drama | an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional |
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