"exaggeration" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-exaggeration.ogg [US] Forms: exaggerations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin exaggerātiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|exaggerātiō}} Latin exaggerātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)
  1. The act of heaping or piling up. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exaggeration-en-noun-hR9xd8kv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 29 18
  2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of exaggerating): ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa) [feminine] (Arabic), mübaliğə (Azerbaijani), böyütmə (Azerbaijani), şişirtmə (Azerbaijani), перабо́льшанне (pjerabólʹšannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), перавялі́чванне (pjeravjalíčvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), перабо́льшванне (pjerabólʹšvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), перавелічэ́нне (pjeravjeličénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), অতিরঞ্জন (otironjon) (Bengali), преувеличе́ние (preuveličénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exageració [feminine] (Catalan), 誇大 (Chinese Mandarin), 夸大 (kuādà) (Chinese Mandarin), 誇張 (Chinese Mandarin), 夸张 (kuāzhāng) (Chinese Mandarin), přehánění [neuter] (Czech), overdrivelse [common-gender] (Danish), overdrijving [feminine] (Dutch), liialdus (Estonian), liioittelu (Finnish), exagération [feminine] (French), esaxeración [feminine] (Galician), exaxeración [feminine] (Galician), გაზვიადება (gazviadeba) (Georgian), გადამეტება (gadameṭeba) (Georgian), გადიდება (gadideba) (Georgian), Übertreibung [feminine] (German), υπερβολή (ypervolí) [feminine] (Greek), અતિશયોક્તિ (atiśyokti) (Gujarati), הגזמה (hagzama) (Hebrew), ניפוח (nipúakh) [colloquial] (Hebrew), अतिशयोक्ति (atiśyokti) [masculine] (Hindi), túlzás (Hungarian), áiféis [feminine] (Irish), áibhéil [feminine] (Irish), esagerazione [feminine] (Italian), kapanatun (Ivatan), 過言 (kagon) (alt: かごん) (Japanese), 誇張 (kochō) (alt: こちょう) (Japanese), 誇大 (kodai) (alt: こだい) (Japanese), әсірелеу (äsıreleu) (Kazakh), 과장 (gwajang) (alt: 誇張) (Korean), guzmá (Ladino), superlātiō [feminine] (Latin), foot (Lun Bawang), преувеличување (preuveličuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), претерување (preteruvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), tahuperatanga (Maori), overdrivelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), exageracion [feminine] (Occitan), spled (Old Irish), غلو (ğolov) (Persian), گترم (gotrom) (Persian), Becht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), przesada [feminine] (Polish), exagero [masculine] (Portuguese), exagerare (Romanian), преувеличе́ние (preuveličénije) [neuter] (Russian), преувеличавање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), претеривање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), preuveličavanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pretiravanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), preháňanie [neuter] (Slovak), pretiravanje [neuter] (Slovene), exageración [feminine] (Spanish), överdrift [common-gender] (Swedish), అతిశయోక్తి (atiśayōkti) (Telugu), abartı (Turkish), mübalağa (Turkish), перебі́льшення (perebílʹšennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), перебі́льшування (perebílʹšuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), مۇبالىغە (mubalighe) (Uyghur), mubolagʻa (Uzbek), tuükam (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-exaggeration-en-noun-F~3Kv91Z Disambiguation of 'act of exaggerating': 21 76 3
  3. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exaggeration-en-noun-P8pxQFNA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: overstatement, hyperbole

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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypervolí",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hagzama",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "הגזמה"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nipúakh",
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          "word": "túlzás"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "áiféis"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "áibhéil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "spled"
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ivv",
          "lang": "Ivatan",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "kapanatun"
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          "alt": "かごん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kagon",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "過言"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "alt": "こちょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kochō",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "誇張"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "alt": "こだい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kodai",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "誇大"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "äsıreleu",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "әсірелеу"
        },
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          "alt": "誇張",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwajang",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "과장"
        },
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          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "guzmá"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "superlātiō"
        },
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          "code": "lnd",
          "lang": "Lun Bawang",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "foot"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "preuveličuvanje",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "преувеличување"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "preteruvanje",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "претерување"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "tahuperatanga"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "overdrivelse"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "exageracion"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ğolov",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "غلو"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gotrom",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "گترم"
        },
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Becht"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przesada"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "exagero"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "word": "exagerare"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preuveličénije",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "преувеличе́ние"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "претеривање"
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          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "pretiravanje"
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "preháňanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pretiravanje"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exageración"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "överdrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 76 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "atiśayōkti",
          "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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      "roman": "mubālaḡa",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "böyütmə"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "şişirtmə"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjerabólʹšannje",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "pjeravjalíčvannje",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "перавелічэ́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "otironjon",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "অতিরঞ্জন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preuveličénie",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преувеличе́ние"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exageració"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "誇大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuādà",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "夸大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "誇張"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuāzhāng",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "夸张"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "přehánění"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "overdrivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overdrijving"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "liialdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "liioittelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exagération"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esaxeración"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "exaxeración"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gazviadeba",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "გაზვიადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadameṭeba",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "გადამეტება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadideba",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "გადიდება"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übertreibung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypervolí",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπερβολή"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperbolḗ",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὑπερβολή"
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      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "atiśyokti",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "અતિશયોક્તિ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hagzama",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "הגזמה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nipúakh",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ניפוח"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "atiśyokti",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अतिशयोक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "túlzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "áiféis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "áibhéil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "spled"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esagerazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ivv",
      "lang": "Ivatan",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "kapanatun"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かごん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kagon",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "過言"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kochō",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "誇張"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodai",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "誇大"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "äsıreleu",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "әсірелеу"
    },
    {
      "alt": "誇張",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwajang",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "과장"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "guzmá"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superlātiō"
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      "code": "lnd",
      "lang": "Lun Bawang",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "foot"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preuveličuvanje",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преувеличување"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preteruvanje",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "претерување"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "tahuperatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overdrivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exageracion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğolov",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "غلو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gotrom",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "گترم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Becht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przesada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exagero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "exagerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preuveličénije",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преувеличе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преувеличавање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "претеривање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "preuveličavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pretiravanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "preháňanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pretiravanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exageración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "överdrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "atiśayōkti",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "అతిశయోక్తి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "abartı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "mübalağa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perebílʹšennja",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перебі́льшення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perebílʹšuvannja",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перебі́льшування"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mubalighe",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "مۇبالىغە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "mubolagʻa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "act of exaggerating",
      "word": "tuükam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exaggeration"
}

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