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English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
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understate — UK US /ˌʌndəˈsteɪt/ verb [T] ACCOUNTING ► to give an amount as less than it really is: »The company s conservative accounting methods mean that results are actually understated. »understate costs/profits ► to make something seem less serious or… … Financial and business terms
overstate — UK US /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/ verb [T] ► to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is: »The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger. greatly/vastly … Financial and business terms
understate — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)ste͟ɪt[/t]] understates, understating, understated VERB If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. [V n] The government chooses deliberately to… … English dictionary
overstate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exaggerate, overclaim, overdo, overdraw, overembellish. See exaggeration.Ant., understate, minimize. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overstress, expand upon, amplify, emphasize; see exaggerate , exceed .… … English dictionary for students
understate — un|der|state [ˌʌndəˈsteıt US ər ] v [T] to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important or serious than it really is ≠ ↑overstate ▪ The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem … Dictionary of contemporary English
overstate — verb /ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt,ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/ To exaggerate; to state or claim too much. I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer. Ant: understate … Wiktionary
understate — verb a) to state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. b) to state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony … Wiktionary
overstate — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
understate — Synonyms and related words: belie, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, disguise, distort, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport,… … Moby Thesaurus
overstate — o|ver|state [ˌəuvəˈsteıt US ˌouvər ] v [T] to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is = ↑exaggerate ≠ ↑understate ▪ To say that all motorists speed in residential areas is overstating the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
understate — un|der|state [ ,ʌndər steıt ] verb transitive to say that something is less important, serious, big, etc. than it really is ─ opposite OVERSTATE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
