"understate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ʌndəˈsteɪt\, ʌndəˈsteɪt Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understate.wav
  1. Euphémiser, minimiser.
    Sense id: fr-understate-en-verb-Hf6lo2me Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: minimize Synonyms (Familier): play down Derived forms: understatement Related terms: euphemism, euphemistic, litotes

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dérivations en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais préfixés avec under-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "translation": "euphémisme",
      "word": "understatement"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Motdérivé de state, avec le préfixe under-."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "euphémisme",
      "word": "euphemism"
    },
    {
      "translation": "euphémique",
      "word": "euphemistic"
    },
    {
      "translation": "litote",
      "word": "litotes"
    }
  ],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Andrea Dworkin, Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant, « Plato », Continuum, 2006 (2002), Londres, page 25",
          "text": "I, true to form, wanted to know what a maidenhead was, and to say that I was relentless on the subject would be to understate."
        }
      ],
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        "Euphémiser, minimiser."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "translation": "minimiser",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "Familier",
      "word": "play down"
    }
  ],
  "word": "understate"
}
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    "Dates manquantes en anglais",
    "Dérivations en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais préfixés avec under-",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    "(Date à préciser) Motdérivé de state, avec le préfixe under-."
  ],
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    {
      "translation": "euphémisme",
      "word": "euphemism"
    },
    {
      "translation": "euphémique",
      "word": "euphemistic"
    },
    {
      "translation": "litote",
      "word": "litotes"
    }
  ],
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Euphémiser, minimiser."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "translation": "minimiser",
      "word": "minimize"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Familier",
      "word": "play down"
    }
  ],
  "word": "understate"
}

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