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    OVERSTATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

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

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

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

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

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    To enlarge beyond bounds or the truthplay

    Example:

    tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery

    Synonyms:

    amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

    misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overstate"):

    overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress (place special or excessive emphasis on)

    blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)

    aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad (add details to)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Antonym:

    understate (represent as less significant or important)

    Derivation:

    overstatement (making to seem more important than it really is)

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