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exaggerate
What does exaggerate mean?
exaggerate (verb): to overstate, to describe more than the fact.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce exaggerate?
/ɪɡˈzædʒəˌɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does exaggerate come from?
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to exaggerate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “exaggerate” mean?
to resist or endure (something) successfully
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to overstate, to describe more than the fact
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draw someone's attention away from something
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to cook (something) in an oven (for someone)
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