"overstatement" meaning in All languages combined

See overstatement on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-overstatement.ogg [US] Forms: overstatements [plural]
Etymology: overstate + -ment or over- + statement Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|overstate|ment}} overstate + -ment, {{pre|en|over|statement}} over- + statement Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overstatement (countable and uncountable, plural overstatements)
  1. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Figures of speech
    Sense id: en-overstatement-en-noun-jiuTPtLu Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 49 51
  2. The tendency to overstate. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-overstatement-en-noun-IQ6BT4ts Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exaggeration, hyperbole Related terms: understatement

Inflected forms

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