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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERDRAMATISE

overdramatise  [ˌəʊvəˈdræməˌtaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERDRAMATISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overdramatise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overdramatise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERDRAMATISE

PRESENT

Present
I overdramatise
you overdramatise
he/she/it overdramatises
we overdramatise
you overdramatise
they overdramatise
Present continuous
I am overdramatising
you are overdramatising
he/she/it is overdramatising
we are overdramatising
you are overdramatising
they are overdramatising
Present perfect
I have overdramatised
you have overdramatised
he/she/it has overdramatised
we have overdramatised
you have overdramatised
they have overdramatised
Present perfect continuous
I have been overdramatising
you have been overdramatising
he/she/it has been overdramatising
we have been overdramatising
you have been overdramatising
they have been overdramatising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overdramatised
you overdramatised
he/she/it overdramatised
we overdramatised
you overdramatised
they overdramatised
Past continuous
I was overdramatising
you were overdramatising
he/she/it was overdramatising
we were overdramatising
you were overdramatising
they were overdramatising
Past perfect
I had overdramatised
you had overdramatised
he/she/it had overdramatised
we had overdramatised
you had overdramatised
they had overdramatised
Past perfect continuous
I had been overdramatising
you had been overdramatising
he/she/it had been overdramatising
we had been overdramatising
you had been overdramatising
they had been overdramatising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overdramatise
you will overdramatise
he/she/it will overdramatise
we will overdramatise
you will overdramatise
they will overdramatise
Future continuous
I will be overdramatising
you will be overdramatising
he/she/it will be overdramatising
we will be overdramatising
you will be overdramatising
they will be overdramatising
Future perfect
I will have overdramatised
you will have overdramatised
he/she/it will have overdramatised
we will have overdramatised
you will have overdramatised
they will have overdramatised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overdramatising
you will have been overdramatising
he/she/it will have been overdramatising
we will have been overdramatising
you will have been overdramatising
they will have been overdramatising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overdramatise
you would overdramatise
he/she/it would overdramatise
we would overdramatise
you would overdramatise
they would overdramatise
Conditional continuous
I would be overdramatising
you would be overdramatising
he/she/it would be overdramatising
we would be overdramatising
you would be overdramatising
they would be overdramatising
Conditional perfect
I would have overdramatise
you would have overdramatise
he/she/it would have overdramatise
we would have overdramatise
you would have overdramatise
they would have overdramatise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overdramatising
you would have been overdramatising
he/she/it would have been overdramatising
we would have been overdramatising
you would have been overdramatising
they would have been overdramatising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overdramatise
we let´s overdramatise
you overdramatise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overdramatise
Past participle
overdramatised
Present Participle
overdramatising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERDRAMATISE


anagrammatize
ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz
anathematize
əˈnæθɪməˌtaɪz
aromatise
əˈrəʊməˌtaɪz
aromatize
əˈrəʊməˌtaɪz
automatise
ɔːˈtɒməˌtaɪz
automatize
ɔːˈtɒməˌtaɪz
cinematize
ˈsɪnəməˌtaɪz
climatise
ˈklaɪməˌtaɪz
dogmatize
ˈdɒɡməˌtaɪz
dramatize
ˈdræməˌtaɪz
enigmatize
ɪˈnɪɡməˌtaɪz
legitimatise
lɪˈdʒɪtɪməˌtaɪz
legitimatize
lɪˈdʒɪtɪməˌtaɪz
lemmatize
ˈlɛməˌtaɪz
pragmatize
ˈpræɡməˌtaɪz
schematize
ˈskiːməˌtaɪz
schismatize
ˈskɪzməˌtaɪz
stigmatize
ˈstɪɡməˌtaɪz
systematize
ˈsɪstɪməˌtaɪz
traumatize
ˈtrɔːməˌtaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERDRAMATISE

overdosage
overdose
overdraft
overdraft facility
overdraft interest
overdraft limit
overdramatic
overdramatize
overdraught
overdraw
overdrawn
overdress
overdressed
overdrew
overdrink
overdrive
overdriven
overdriving
overdrove
overdry

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERDRAMATISE

achromatise
advertise
anagrammatise
anathematise
apostatise
bureaucratise
corporatise
dedramatise
democratise
derivatise
dogmatise
emblematise
enigmatise
hypostatise
lemmatise
mediatise
phosphatise
privatise
reprivatise
stigmatise
treatise

Synonyms and antonyms of overdramatise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overdramatise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERDRAMATISE

Find out the translation of overdramatise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overdramatise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overdramatise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overdramatise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overdramatise
570 millions of speakers

English

overdramatise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overdramatise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overdramatise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

драматизировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overdramatise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overdramatise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dramatiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overdramatise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dramatisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overdramatise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overdramatise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overdramatise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overdramatise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடகபாணியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरड्रामॅटिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overdramatise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drammatizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overdramatise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

драматизувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overdramatise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δραματοποιήσουμε υπερβολικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overdramatise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överdramatisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overdramatise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overdramatise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERDRAMATISE»

The term «overdramatise» is used very little and occupies the 180.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERDRAMATISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overdramatise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overdramatise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overdramatise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERDRAMATISE»

Discover the use of overdramatise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overdramatise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Israel/Palestine: The Black Book
Instead, they offer as objective an account as possible of the degradations that both Israelis and Palestinians have suffered.The reports are taken from groups including Amnesty International, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the ...
Reporters Without Borders, 2003
2
Notes of a Son & Brother
... T. S. Perry in especial — those attributes, meeting a want, as the phrase is, of the decent imagination, made us perhaps overdramatise the sphere of the clever people, but made them at least also, when they unmistakably hovered, affect us ...
Henry James, 1914
3
Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to ...
34 Maddox worried about “the tendency of even sober-sided newspapers to overdramatise discoveries only, afterwards, to complain that they have been misled. Even a casual reading of the original article will reveal a commendable list of ...
Nicholas Wright Gillham, 2011
4
Mentoring Teachers in Post-Compulsory Education: A Guide to ...
127) which Huberman sees as an alternative to bitterness. For some readers, this kind of formulation may seem to somewhat overdramatise what lies in store – negative or positive – for long-term teachers, but I would argue that the perspective ...
Bryan Cunningham, 2014
5
Marching with the Devil: Legends, Glory and Lies in the ...
Surely it had to be his job to overdramatise things, to test the resolveof newcomers. The gingerhaired Englishman had certainly madean impression on meduring that first meeting.When Isaw him again the nextday, Sergent Westway hadlittle to ...
David Mason, 2011
6
Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery
You already gave up 'Quod erat demonstrandum'. Why not give up 'Quod erat demonstratum' too? Truth is only for God. THETA[aside]: A religious sceptic is the worst enemy of science! SIGMA: Let's not overdramatise! After all, only a narrow ...
Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Elie Zahar, 1976
7
Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies on the Iraq Conflict: ...
... what passed between you and the police, b Mr Scarlett, is I do not want any misunderstanding been on the run, I do not want to overdramatise it, but escaping from the I do not want to read more than I have to, but there is an answer o I do not ...
John Morley, Paul Bayley, 2011
8
Classroom Behaviour: A Practical Guide to Effective ...
He doesn't overdramatise; he is not overly ebullient, but he has a relaxed, positive, good humoured rapport that is able to engage interest and sustain motivation – he can even enthuse his students on most days. He notices Jason leaning ...
Bill Rogers, 2011
9
The United Nations and Education: Multilateralism, ...
For convenience, thediscussion is organisedaround successive bank presidencies. Thisisnotto overdramatise the influence ofbank presidents onthe education portfolio,butrather to acknowledge theconvention that histories of the ...
David Coleman, Phillip W. Jones, 2004
10
Rainbows and Lollipops
She does not shy away from uncomfortable topics or overdramatise these events. She does not pretend that her life was a bed of roses. Rather, she offers candid insight into her life, considering how it was changed when the darkness fell over  ...
Melinda Walker, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERDRAMATISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overdramatise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Julian Draxler or Mario Gotze would fill Juventus' playmaking vacuum
It's imperative that we remember that the German has only just turned 23 so we cannot overdramatise the situation, but Juventus are a team that ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
2
Google has accidentally revealed detailed information of nearly …
... little about the cases, Google can push the discussion about the right to be forgotten in a particular direction – overdramatise, or play it down.”. «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Watch Novak Djokovic Break Into Tears From The Ovation The …
It is in his nature to overdramatise the occassion. I believe in order to make look his accomplishment even more liked upon. Fedal were far ... «Tennis-X.com, Jun 15»
4
Listen Up Philip review: Jason Schwartzman's acerbic character study
Being a writer of fiction, Philip is also cursed with a tendency to overdramatise his pettiest emotions and there is the constant, crippling ... «Digital Spy UK, Jun 15»
5
How Amy Poehler Is Keeping Knope Alive With Her Role in Inside Out
We tend to overdramatise or sexualise or create conflict among young girls, and it's so refreshing to have this girl, in this body, during this time, ... «POPSUGAR UK, May 15»
6
Stephen Curry, after MVP speech and spectacle, finally finds some …
Still, despite the frenzy that came with winning an MVP in a 67-win season and the 5-0 start in the playoffs, Curry wasn't going to overdramatise the loss or his ... «Sportal.com.au, May 15»
7
Ken Henry says increase in GST 'inevitable'
Dr Henry was at pains not to "overdramatise the situation", describing the nation's fiscal position as "quite strong". However, the failure of ... «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
8
Israel election: Benjamin Netanyahu complains of US 'smear …
I don't want to overdramatise this, but it has the mark of people who don't play by democratic rules.” Benjamin Netanyahu. Prime Minister «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
9
There's fun to be had in 'Marry Me'
Annie's need to overdramatise everything – or, as Jake puts it, “Why does everything have to be such a huge production with you? It's like ... «The Star Online, Feb 15»
10
AMERICAN SNIPER Review
The thing that I dislike about war films, modern ones in general, is the way that they overdramatise things, looking for capture points. Luckily ... «Unleash The Fanboy, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Overdramatise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overdramatise>. Apr 2024 ».
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