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dramatise

dramatise is the alternative spelling of dramatize.

Meaning of dramatize

Verb

dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
  2. (transitive) To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

Forms of dramatise

third-person singular presentdramatises
present participledramatising
past participledramatised
pastdramatised

Origin of dramatise

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) + English -ise.

Words formed from dramatise

Questions about dramatise

What is dramatise the alternative spelling of?
Dramatise is the alternative spelling of dramatize.

Words near dramatise in the dictionary

  1. dramatis personae
  2. dramatis personæ
  3. dramatisable
  4. dramatisation
  5. dramatisations
  6. dramatise
  7. dramatised
  8. dramatiser
  9. dramatisers
  10. dramatises
  11. dramatising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatise (page history and authors); dramatize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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