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Meanings of overstatement in English

Portuguese
exagero
Catalan
exageració

Making to seem more important than it really is.

exagero
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Examples for "exaggeration"
Examples for "exaggeration"
1
That is no exaggeration, even if recent competition is not exactly ferocious.
The Guardian
2
It's an exaggeration to say that a thousand flowers are yet blooming.
The Guardian
3
Yes, it's no exaggeration to say that I owe everything to her.
The informers
4
There is often much exaggeration, much unfairness, much acrimony in their debates.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
5
But it was possible that the bit about Satanism was an exaggeration.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
1
I will attach the crescograph to this fern; the magnification is tremendous.
Autobiography of a Yogi
2
There are two known families, at symmetrical positions, visible under extreme magnification.
Futures 1
3
He raised the weapon, activated the 2X magnification, and took careful aim.
The Flood
4
He centered the shoreline of the bay and put on maximum magnification.
A Matter of Importance
5
Finally it stopped on one area and put it under intense magnification.
Midnight at the well of souls
Usage of overstatement in English
1
In an era given to wild overstatement, the words were vanishingly mild.
The Irish Times
2
What part of that particular overstatement could have turned in her favour?
The water room
3
The overstatement may yet turn out to be smaller than initially estimated.
Reuters
4
One of the characteristics of a legend is its overstatement of fact.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
5
It's no overstatement to say that we are all obsessed with sleep.
News.com.au
6
It is no overstatement to speak of the aura of his paintings.
The Guardian
7
It was an overstatement, of course, but it always made Bek feel good.
Ilse Witch
8
Is it, so to speak, a case of gross overstatement or gross understatement?
Reuters
9
It said the accounting overstatement was limited to the windows business.
Reuters
10
It would not be an overstatement to call it a crisis.
The myth of a christian religion: losing your religion for the b...
11
This was a childish overstatement, and that doesn't help anyone either.
Bad science
12
I've got a plan. A gigantic overstatement, but it sounded good.
11/22/63
13
Josh Kennedy could become a legend of West Coast Eagles football An overstatement?
The Guardian
14
But then Michael Schumacher is a man rarely given to overstatement.
The Irish Times
15
Even to say I chose to go there is an overstatement.
The Irish Times
16
To call this a game is a bit of an overstatement.
Wired
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