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ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪtover·state

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  1. overstateverb

    Antonyms:
    understate

  2. overstateverb

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

    Antonyms:
    understate

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  1. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb

    to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

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

    Synonyms:
    exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, magnify

    Antonyms:
    minimise, downplay, understate, minimize

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  1. overstateverb

    Synonyms:
    exaggerate, overcharge

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  1. overstateverb

    Synonyms:
    exaggerate

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#3129expand
#29947magnify
#36507amplify
#38823inflate
#52027exaggerate
#58282overestimate
#73071overstate
#80648overdo
#185425overemphasize
#237497overdraw

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  1. Marta Murray-Close:

    Survey researchers have long known that peoples' desire to present themselves in a positive light may lead them to understate socially undesirable behaviors and overstate socially desirable behaviors, some people who give inaccurate answers on surveys may know they're distorting the truth, but many people probably do it unconsciously.

  2. Jamie Raskin:

    I would say( Justice Clarence Thomas) has a relevant testimony to render, and she should come forward and give it. I don't want to overstate her role, we've talked to more than 1,000 people, but we'd like to hear from Newt Gingrich and we'd like to hear from her, too.

  3. John Crabtree:

    The polls may overstate the 'no' vote, but it looks like being a much closer-run contest than anything Evo Morales has had to fight since he became president in 2006.

  4. Sebastian Coe:

    We will get the change we want and only then will Russian athletes return to international competition, this is not about politics, this is about the protection of clean athletes. I cannot overstate the feeling around the conference call this evening about sending the strongest possible message that we can.

  5. Gavin Newsom:

    Oftentimes we overstate the word historic, but this is indeed an historic moment, certainly historic for this particular lake, Mendocino.


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