“tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery”
Word Forms
overstatement
noun
making to seem more important than it really is
exaggeration
noun
extravagant exaggeration
hyperbole
noun
extravagant exaggeration
magnification
noun
making to seem more important than it really is
Around the World
Europe
🇩🇪German
übertreiben
über die Grenzen oder die Wahrheit hinausgehen
🇫🇷French
exagérer
s'élargir au-delà des limites ou de la vérité
🇪🇸Spanish
exagerar
Ampliar más allá de los límites o la verdad.
🇮🇹Italian
esagerare
allargarsi oltre i limiti della verità
🇳🇱Dutch
overdrijven
om de grenzen van de waarheid te overschrijden
🇵🇹Portuguese
exagerar
ampliar além dos limites ou da verdade
🇷🇺Russian
преувеличивать
расширить границы или правда
India
🇮🇳Hindi
अतिशयोक्ति
सीमा या सत्य से परे विस्तार करना
🇮🇳Tamil
மிகைப்படுத்தி
எல்லை அல்லது உண்மைக்கு அப்பால் பெரிதாக்க
🇮🇳Telugu
అతిగా చెప్పండి
హద్దులు లేదా సత్యాన్ని దాటి విస్తరించడానికి
🇮🇳Marathi
ओव्हरस्टेट
मर्यादा किंवा सत्याच्या पलीकडे मोठे करणे
🇮🇳Gujarati
ઓવરસ્ટેટ
સીમાઓ અથવા સત્યની બહાર મોટું કરવું
🇮🇳Kannada
ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ
ಮಿತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅಥವಾ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ ಹಿಗ್ಗಿಸಲು
🇮🇳Malayalam
അമിതമായി
പരിധിക്കപ്പുറം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സത്യത്തിനപ്പുറം വലുതാക്കാൻ
🇮🇳Punjabi
ਓਵਰਸਟੇਟ
ਸੀਮਾਵਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਚਾਈ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਵੱਡਾ ਕਰਨਾ
🇵🇰Urdu
حد سے زیادہ
حد یا سچائی سے آگے بڑھنا
East & Southeast Asia
🇨🇳Chinese
夸大
超越界限或真理
🇯🇵Japanese
誇張する
限界や真実を超えて拡大すること
🇰🇷Korean
과장하다
한계나 진실을 넘어서 확대하다
🇻🇳Vietnamese
cường điệu hóa
để phóng to vượt quá giới hạn hoặc sự thật
🇹🇭Thai
พูดเกินจริง
เพื่อขยายขอบเขตหรือความจริงออกไป
🇮🇩Indonesian
melebih-lebihkan
untuk memperbesar melampaui batas atau kebenaran
🇵🇭Filipino
labis na estado
upang palakihin nang lampas sa hangganan o ang katotohanan
🇲🇾Malay
melebih-lebihkan
untuk membesarkan melampaui batas atau kebenaran
Middle East
🇸🇦Arabic
المبالغة
للتكبير إلى ما هو أبعد من الحدود أو الحقيقة
🇮🇷Persian
اغراق کردن
فراتر از مرزها یا حقیقت بزرگ شوند
🇹🇷Turkish
abartmak
sınırların veya gerçeğin ötesine geçmek
🇮🇱Hebrew
לְהַפְרִיז
להגדיל מעבר לגבולות או לאמת
Test Yourself1 / 3
What is the primary definition of the word 'overstate'?
The primary meaning of 'overstate' is 'to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth'.
Which of the following sentences uses the word 'overstate' in a grammatically correct way?
Using 'overstate' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.
In which domain is the word 'overstate' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?
'overstate' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.
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Do you find 'overstate' easy to spell?
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In your opinion, does the word 'overstate' have a positive, neutral, or gloomy tone?
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