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exaggeration
[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of exaggerating or overstating.
- an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement:
His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.
Other Word Forms
- ԴDze·g·tDz noun
- v··g·tDz noun
- -·g·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of exaggeration1
Example Sentences
“We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years,” he stated.
Former referee Nigel Owens, commenting on social media,, external said he would have given Le Garrec a straight red card, while other critics said the 22-year-old's exaggeration endangered players who have suffered serious head injuries.
Allee Willis, the subject of the documentary "The World According to Allee Willis," newly released to Hulu, qualifies half a dozen times over, without exaggeration — but few would have known it until now.
It would be an exaggeration to say centre-backs have gone unchanged over the past couple of decades.
Whether in Violet’s hand or buzzing on the table, it sabotages her ability to converse; it’s an exaggeration of how a tool intended to connect people wedges them apart.
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