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Past tense of dramatize

regular verb

The past tense of dramatize is dramatized. The past participle is also dramatized.

Forms of dramatize

Base form (V1)dramatize /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/
Past tense (V2)dramatized
Past participle (V3)dramatized
Present participledramatizing
Third person singulardramatizes

Dramatized in a sentence

  • The pro-martyr stance of the statements above will only have been more dramatized in their story form.2002, Antoinette Clark Wire, Holy Lives, Holy Deaths: A Close Hearing of Early Jewish Storytellers. From the entry pro-martyr
  • It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights.1981 December 12, Michael Bronski, Frank Ripploh, “The Meter Is Still Running”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 8. From the entry provocate
  • Shrewdly mixing found footage, historical record and dramatized re-creation, One Day in People's Poland is an intriguing curio.2006 May 30, Joe Leydon, “One Day In People's Poland”, in Variety, retrieved 16 Oct 2012. From the entry found footage
  • Melodrama is, just as Frye says, a "dramatic vision," and that vision, in order to be true to itself, demands to be dramatized in 'hypervivid terms.1985, Anne Dhu McLucas, John Milton Ward, Music and Context: Essays for John M. Ward, Dept. of Music, Harvard University, page 147. From the entry hypervivid

Meaning of dramatize

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

Full definition of dramatize

Questions about the past tense of dramatize

What is the past tense of dramatize?
The past tense of dramatize is dramatized.
What is the past participle of dramatize?
The past participle of dramatize is dramatized.
Is dramatize a regular or irregular verb?
Dramatize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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