See exaggerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"roman": "gadač̣arbeba",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "გადაჭარბება"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "გაზვიადება"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "übertreiben"
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"roman": "ypervállo",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "υπερβάλλω"
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"roman": "parafouskóno",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"roman": "megalopoió",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "μεγαλοποιώ"
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"roman": "parakáno",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "παρακάνω"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "higzím",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "ýkja"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "yfirdrífa"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "membesar-besarkan"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "melebih-lebihkan"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "esagerare"
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"lang": "Ivatan",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "mapanatun"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kochō suru",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "誇張する"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōgesa ni iu",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "大袈裟に言う"
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"roman": "gwadaesi-hada",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "gwajang-hada",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "과장하다"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "verbīs augeō"
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"code": "lnd",
"lang": "Lun Bawang",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "mefoot"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "preuveličuva",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "tahupera"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "whakamōmona kōrero"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "overdrive"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "ta i"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gazâf goftan",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "گزاف گفتن"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "eğrâq kardan",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "اغراق کردن"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "wyolbrzymiać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "przesadzać"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "exagerar"
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{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "anchachay"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "exagera"
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"roman": "preuvelíčivatʹ",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"word": "преувели́чивать"
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"roman": "preuvelíčitʹ",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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"word": "преувели́чить"
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"roman": "utrírovatʹ",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "утри́ровать"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "exagerar"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "överdriva"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "ta i"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "magpalaki"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "palakihin"
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"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "abartmak"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
"word": "mübalağa etmek"
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"roman": "perebílʹšuvaty",
"sense": "to overstate, to describe more than is fact",
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},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-exaggerate.ogg/En-us-exaggerate.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-exaggerate.ogg"
}
],
"word": "exaggerate"
}
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