overstate

English

WOTD – 24 January 2009

Etymology

over- +‎ state.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/

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Verb

overstate (third-person singular simple present overstat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle overstated)

1. To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

   I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.

   He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.

Synonyms

• exaggerate

Antonyms

• understate

Derived terms

• overstatement

Translations

to exaggerate; to state or claim too much

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誇張／夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng), 夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng), 誇大／夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 言過其實／言过其实 (zh) (yánguòqíshí), 言过其实 (zh) (yánguò-qíshí)

• Czech: přehánět (cs)
• Finnish: liioitella (fi)
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• German: übertreiben (de)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir am meud
• Serbo-Croatian: pretjerati (sh), pretjerivati (sh)
• Spanish: exagerar (es)