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Meanings of exaggeration in inglés

portugués
exagero
catalán
exageració

Making to seem more important than it really is.

exagero
portugués
exagero
español
exageración
catalán
hipèrbole

Statement that represents something in an excessive manner.

exageración
Synonyms
Examples for "magnification"
Examples for "magnification"
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
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
Usage of exaggeration in inglés
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
6
I am speaking to-night to the world-no ;letme guard against exaggeration.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
7
In three words the faults of Herndon are exaggeration, literalness and exploitiveness.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
8
There must, I think, be some error or exaggeration in these figures.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
9
The services of Caesar neither needed nor permitted the exaggeration of eloquence.
Caesar: A Sketch
10
But exaggeration establishes no good understanding between the reader and the author.
Hearts of Controversy
11
Wherever there is exaggeration in nature, there is exaggerated imagination in man.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
12
But furtive eyes soon relieved the artist from the charge of exaggeration.
His Sombre Rivals
13
It was no exaggeration and it soon proved to be no one-off.
The Guardian
14
To call the place a village is a bit of an exaggeration.
The Irish Times
15
The court intrigued against it, but the Right drove this to exaggeration.
History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
16
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a life-saving service.
The Irish Times
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Exaggeration through the time
Exaggeration across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common