overstatement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From overstate + -ment or over- + statement.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
It would hardly be an overstatement to describe Drummond's next design as an outstanding British locomotive class, and possibly his masterpiece.
1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.
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(countable, uncountable) The tendency to overstate.
She had a knack for overstatement.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| overstatements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
es sobreestimación (noun) · es supervaloración (noun)