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Meanings of overstatement in inglés

portugués
exagero
catalán
exageració

Making to seem more important than it really is.

exagero
Usage of overstatement in inglés
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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Translations for overstatement
catalán
exageració
Overstatement through the time
Overstatement across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common