"understate" meaning in All languages combined

See understate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌndəˈsteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understate.wav [UK] Forms: understate [canonical], understates [third-person, singular], understated [past], understated [past, participle], understating [present, participle]
Etymology: under- + state Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|under|state}} under- + state Head templates: {{verb|understat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you understate something, you describe it as being less important than it really is.
    Sense id: simple-understate-en-verb-kbKr1CJy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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