EXAGGERATE


Meaning of EXAGGERATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪgzædʒəreɪt ]

( exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated)

1.

If you exaggerate , you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.

He thinks I’m exaggerating...

Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.

VERB : V , V n

• ex‧ag‧gera‧tion

(exaggerations)

Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration...

It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent.

N-VAR

2.

If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.

These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...

VERB : V n

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