dramatic

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Pronunciation

/drəˈmætɪk/(druh-MAT-ik)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

显著的；戏剧性的（极为突出或令人印象深刻的变化；或与戏剧有关的）

Definition

Sudden and striking in effect; relating to drama; very noticeable or impressive.

Word family

  • dramatically/drəˈmætɪkəli/(adv)显著地；戏剧性地
  • drama/ˈdrɑːmə/(n)戏剧；戏剧性事件

Collocations

  • dramatic increase
  • dramatic change
  • dramatic improvement
  • a dramatic effect
  • dramatic decline
  • dramatically reduce
  • dramatic shift

Examples

  1. 1.There has been a dramatic increase in the use of AI tools across all industries over the past two years.
  2. 2.The treatment produced dramatic results in some patients, but was ineffective in others.

Synonyms

  • striking/ˈstraɪkɪŋ/— attracting attention; remarkable
  • marked/mɑːkt/— clearly noticeable
  • significant/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/— large enough to be noticed

Etymology

from Greek "dramatikos" = relating to drama, from "drama" (action, play), from "dran" (to do, act)