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    OVEREMPHASIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they overemphasize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overemphasizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: overemphasized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: overemphasized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: overemphasizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Place special or excessive emphasis onplay

    Example:

    I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book

    Synonyms:

    overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "overemphasize" is one way to...):

    amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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