cinematize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to adapt (a novel, play, etc.) for motion pictures.
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Chiefly British. cinematograph.
Etymology
Origin of cinematize
Example Sentences
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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
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