Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To state in exaggerated terms. See Synonyms at exaggerate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To exaggerate in statement; express or declare in too strong terms.
Wiktionary
- v. To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
WordNet 3.0
- v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Etymologies
- over- + state. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The historic influence of American animation is impossible to overstate, which is why its decline has been so hard to swallow.”
“PODESTA: Well, I think you could kind of overstate that, to some extent.”
“That, Jason, I wouldn't, I wouldn't want to kind of overstate that there was a ton of buying in Q4 previously.”
“While religious divisions exist, including some latent interreligious tensions, we should not overstate the capacity of religion to cause tension or division.”
“Mr. Meyer notes that the measures also tend to overstate inflation and overcount the elderly.”
The Wall Street Journal: How to Accurately Measure The Poor Remains Elusive
“Even China Mobile's meager 3G subscriptions—the 2010 data show they rose to 20.7 million from 8.4 million at the end of 2009—overstate the benefit to the company.”
The Wall Street Journal: Strategic Virtue No Financial Reward for China Mobile Investors
“It is hard to overstate the importance of the finds from Tillya Tepe.”
“I don't want to overstate any of this, it's a step in the right direction," the official said.”
“It's hard to overstate the ridicule dumped on Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign ad, "It's morning again in America.”
“Plus, Brearley is a psychoanalyst these days, and I don't think any of us could overstate the potential benefits of such a figure being admitted to the radioactively dysfunctional England setup.”
The Guardian: Cowell can find man to captain England – if Anfield cat lacks X Factor | Marina Hyde
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘overstate’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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over-
above; upper; superior; eminent
overbearing, overrate, overshoot, overwhelm, overexert, overachiever, overact, overadjust, overambitious, overanalyze, overarching, overbooked and 42 more...
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Circumlocution
The use of unnecessarily wordy or indirect language.
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