"exaggeration" meaning in Englisch

See exaggeration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n, ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)ns Audio: En-us-exaggeration.ogg Forms: the exaggeration [singular], the exaggerations [plural]
Etymology: belegt seit Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, von lateinisch exaggerātio, -ōn- ^(→ la) „Erhöhung, Erhebung“, der Substantivierung des Verbs ex-aggerāre ^(→ la) „aufhäufen“, siehe to exaggerate ^(→ en)
  1. die Übertreibung
    Sense id: de-exaggeration-en-noun-zvG6e7Vs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: overstatement, hyperbole Translations (die Übertreibung): Übertreibung [feminine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "understatement"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "minimisation"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "belegt seit Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, von lateinisch exaggerātio, -ōn- ^(→ la) „Erhöhung, Erhebung“, der Substantivierung des Verbs ex-aggerāre ^(→ la) „aufhäufen“, siehe to exaggerate ^(→ en)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the exaggeration",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the exaggerations",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ex·ag·gera·tion",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "die Übertreibung"
      ],
      "id": "de-exaggeration-en-noun-zvG6e7Vs",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n"
    },
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      "ipa": "ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)ns"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "overstatement"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "hyperbole"
    }
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "die Übertreibung",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übertreibung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exaggeration"
}
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
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    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch",
    "Übersetzungen (Englisch)",
    "Übersetzungen (Latein)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "belegt seit Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, von lateinisch exaggerātio, -ōn- ^(→ la) „Erhöhung, Erhebung“, der Substantivierung des Verbs ex-aggerāre ^(→ la) „aufhäufen“, siehe to exaggerate ^(→ en)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the exaggeration",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the exaggerations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "ex·ag·gera·tion",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "die Übertreibung"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)ns"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-exaggeration.ogg",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "die Übertreibung",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übertreibung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exaggeration"
}

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