cinematize

especially British, cin·e·ma·tise

[sin-uh-muh-tahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

cinematized, cinematizing 

1. to adapt (a novel, play, etc.) for motion pictures.

2. Chiefly British.,  cinematograph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinematize¹

cinema + (drama)tize

Example Sentences

The lure for music stars to cinematize their success will never grow old, and the movies — in need of high-wattage attractions as ever — always seem ready to oblige.

From Los Angeles Times

“Another Dance Film” is part of a fascinating trend to strip dance of artifice by cinematizing it in outdoor settings.

From Washington Post

I need to cinematize this, all of this.

From Literature

And a generation of modern viewers, their inner lives cinematized from childhood on, knows it.

From The New Yorker

They revolutionized the cinema while also cinematizing the world; they created a new form of cinematic consciousness that was increasingly the leading mindset of the times.

From The New Yorker

Related Words

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