UNDERSTATEMENT


Meaning of UNDERSTATEMENT in English

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Etymology: under (III) + statement

1. : the act of understanding : a statement below the truth

understatement of population growth

2. : restrained statement in ironic contrast to what might be said : studied avoidance of emphasis or exaggeration

we have been taught to value terseness and understatement — Irving Howe

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.