overstate

  • 21overstate — v. a. Exaggerate, overcharge, overdo …

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  • 22overstate — verb (T) to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is; exaggerate: We must not frighten people by overstating the dangers. opposite understate …

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  • 23overstate — v exaggerate, overdo, make much of, overstress; hyperbolize, overdraw, color, overcolor, stretch the point, heighten, draw larger than life; enhance, Inf. touch up, expand, magnify, Inf. blow up, inflate, stretch, Inf. draw the longbow; amplify,… …

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  • 24overstate — o•ver•state [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪt[/t]] v. t. stat•ed, stat•ing to state too strongly o•ver•state•ment ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪt mənt, ˈoʊ vərˌsteɪt n …

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  • 25overstate — v.tr. 1 state (esp. a case or argument) too strongly. 2 exaggerate. Derivatives: overstatement n …

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  • 26Overstated — Overstate O ver*state , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Overstating — Overstate O ver*state , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28overstatement — overstate ► VERB ▪ exaggerate or state too emphatically. DERIVATIVES overstatement noun …

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  • 30magnify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. enlarge, augment; laud, glorify. See increase, approbation, exaggeration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To enlarge] Syn. amplify, blow up, expand; see increase 1 . 2. [To exaggerate] Syn. overstate,… …

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