transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)steɪtmənt ]
( understatements)
1.
If you say that a statement is an understatement , you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement...
He was getting very hard to live with, and that’s the understatement of the year.
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2.
Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.
He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.
...typical British understatement.
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