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NOVELIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they novelize ... he / she / it novelizes
Past simple: novelized
-ing form: novelizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert into the form or the style of a novel
Example:
The author novelized the historical event
Synonyms:
fictionalise; fictionalize; novelise; novelize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "novelize" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
novelization (converting something into the form of a novel)