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


  Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overstating.]
     To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overstating.]
     To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  overstate
       v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
           romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
           imagery" [syn: exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise,
            magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]

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


  overstate
     vb.
     To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

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


  overstate
     vb.
     To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

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


  overstate
     vb.
     To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

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


  overstate
     vb.
     To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

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


  overstate
     Englanti vb.
     liioitella

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


  overstate
     Engelska vb.
     överdriva

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


  Overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/
  بالغ

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


  overstate //ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt// //ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt// 
  преувеличавам
  to exaggerate; to state or claim too much

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/
  přehánět

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/ 
  gor-ddweud

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


  overstate //ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt// //ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt// 
  liioitella
  to exaggerate; to state or claim too much

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/ 
  1. बढ़ा~चढ़ा~कर~कहना
        "Newspapers overstate facts for business reasons"

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/
  pretjerivati

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/ 
    przesadzać, wyolbrzymiać

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


  overstate /ˌəʊvəstˈeɪt/
  1. mübalağa etmek, abartmak. overstatement  mübalağalı söz, abartma.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈoʊvɝˌsteɪt/

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


  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "overstate":
     aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque,
     camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort,
     draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge,
     exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over,
     go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, inflate, lay it on, magnify,
     make much of, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport,
     misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overappraise, overassess,
     overcalculate, overcharge, overcount, overdo, overdraw,
     overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overpaint,
     overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact,
     overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overstress,
     overvalue, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain,
     stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives,
     titivate, tout, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish,
     warp, whitewash, wrench

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  v. 夸大的叙述,夸张;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vt. 夸大的叙述,夸张

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