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overstate
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overstate
v.
exaggerate, hyperbolize, stretch the truth, embellish
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overstate
Verb
1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
(synonym) exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
(antonym) understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
(hypernym) misinform, mislead
(hyponym) overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
(derivation) exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
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overstate
v.
nadsadit; zveličovat
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overstate
Czas.
wyolbrzymiać
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Overstate
(v. t.)
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
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