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dramatizing

dramatizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about dramatizing

What is dramatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dramatizing is the present participle and gerund of dramatize.

Words near dramatizing in the dictionary

  1. dramatize
  2. dramatized
  3. dramatizer
  4. dramatizers
  5. dramatizes
  6. dramatizing
  7. dramatological
  8. dramatologically
  9. dramatology
  10. dramaturg
  11. dramaturge

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