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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of
     exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr.
     agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See
     Jest. ]
     1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon
        them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
        truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
        concerning.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of
     exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr.
     agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See
     Jest. ]
     1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon
        them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale.
  
     2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
        truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
        concerning.
  
              A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  exaggerate
       v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
            romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
            imagery" [syn: overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise,
             magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]
       2: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last
          night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: overdo]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     υπερβάλλω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la exaggerō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     a.
     exaggerative; overblown.
     vb.
     To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la exaggerō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la exaggerō  2 p pres actv impr)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Englanti vb.
     liioitella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exaggerate
     Engelska vb.
     överdriva

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  بالغ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  преувеличавам
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  nafukovat (přehánět)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  přehánět

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ 
  gorliwio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ 
  übertreiben 
        "He tends to exaggerate when talking about his work."  - Er neigt zu Übertreibungen, wenn er über seine Arbeit spricht.
   see: exaggerating, exaggerated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  
  παραλέω, υπερβάλλω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  liioitella
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ 
  1. बढ़ा~चढ़ाकर~कहना
        "He exaggerates the stories to make them interesting for children."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  pretjerivati, preuveličati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  túlzás

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  melebih-lebihkan, membesar-besarkan
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  esagerare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  誇張, 大袈裟
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  overdrive
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  exaggerate /ɪgˈzæʤəreɪt/ 
   1.  przesadzać
   2.  wyolbrzymiać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  exaggerate /igzædʒəreit/ 
  exagerar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  exaggerate /igzædʒəreit/
  exagerar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// 
  överdriva, ta i
  to overstate, to describe more than is fact

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/
  1. mübalâğa etmek, abartmak, büyütmek, izam etmek. exaggerated  mübalâğalı, büyütülmüş, şişirilmiş. exaggeratedly  mübalâğalı olarak. exaggeration  mübalâğa, abartma, aşırılık, büyütme, izam. exaggerator  mübalâğacı, büyüten kimse.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪɡˈzædʒɝˌeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  149 Moby Thesaurus words for "exaggerate":
     accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo,
     be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque,
     camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate,
     concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive, deepen, disguise,
     distort, double, draw the longbow, embellish, enhance, equivocate,
     exacerbate, exceed, exhaust, falsify, fib, fudge, garble,
     go beyond, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, heat up,
     heighten, hop up, hot up, hyperbolize, idealize, intensify,
     jazz up, key up, know no bounds, lay it on, lie, lie flatly,
     magnify, make complex, make much of, miscolor, mislead, misquote,
     misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overact, overappraise,
     overassess, overcalculate, overcarry, overcharge, overcount,
     overdevelop, overdo, overdraw, overdrive, overelaborate,
     overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overexercise, overexert,
     overexpend, overgo, overindulge, overjump, overlabor, overleap,
     overmeasure, overpaint, overpass, overplay, overpraise, overprize,
     overrate, overreach, overreact, overreact to, overreckon, overrun,
     oversell, overshoot, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark,
     overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstep, overstrain, overstress,
     overstride, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse,
     overvalue, overwork, pad, parody, pass all bounds, pervert,
     pile it on, prevaricate, protest too much, puff, ramify, redouble,
     reinforce, romance, romanticize, sharpen, slant, soup up,
     speak falsely, step up, story, strengthen, stretch,
     stretch the truth, superabound, talk big, talk in superlatives,
     tell a lie, tout, travesty, triple, twist, understate, warp, whet,
     wrench
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 夸大,夸张;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 夸张,夸大
     vi. 夸张,夸大

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