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exaggeration

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of exaggerating or overstating.
  2. an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement:

    His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.



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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDze·g·tDz noun
  • v··g·tDz noun
  • -·g·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exaggeration1

1555–65; < Latin 油پō- (stem of 油پō ), equivalent to ( us ) ( exaggerate ) + -ō- -ion
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Example Sentences

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“We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years,” he stated.

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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.

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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.

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It would be an exaggeration to say centre-backs have gone unchanged over the past couple of decades.

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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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