Meaning of the word exaggerate

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- преувеличивать

to exaggerate greatly / grossly — сильно преувеличивать
to tend to exaggerate — быть склонным к преувеличению
exaggerate a promise — преувеличивать обещание; раздувать обещание
to exaggerate man’s virtues — преувеличивать человеческие добродетели
to exaggerate a problem — преувеличивать проблему
the gravity of the situation must not be exaggerated — серьёзность положения не следует преувеличивать; положение не так серьёзно, как кажется
the gravity of the situation cannot be exaggerated — серьёзность положения трудно переоценить

- увеличивать, расширять

to exaggerate scale — растягивать шкалу
to exaggerate in scale — увеличивать в масштабе
the pain exaggerated by wrong treatment — боль, усиленная неправильным лечением

- (чрезмерно) подчёркивать

these shoes exaggerate the size of her feet — в этих туфлях её ноги кажутся ещё больше

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It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of sleep.

Важность сна переоценить трудно.

I couldn’t sleep for three days — I’m not exaggerating.

Я не мог заснуть целых три дня, — и я не преувеличиваю.

It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.

Невозможно переоценить важность этого открытия.

He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.

Он, как правило, преувеличивает, рассказывая о своих достижениях.

The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.

Книга преувеличивает трудности, с которыми он столкнулся в начале своей карьеры.

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exaggerated — преувеличенный, дутый, расширенный, ненормально расширенный
exaggeration — преувеличение, гипербола
exaggerative — преувеличивающий, не соблюдающий чувства меры

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”), from ex (“out, up”) + aggerare (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerere, adgerere (“to bring together”), from ad (“to, toward”) +‎ gerere (“to carry”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt/, /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt/
Hyphenation: ex‧ag‧ger‧ate

Verb[edit]

exaggerate (third-person singular simple present exaggerates, present participle exaggerating, simple past and past participle exaggerated)

To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

I’ve told you a billion times not to exaggerate!

He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.

Synonyms: big up, overexaggerate, overstate, hyperbolize

Antonyms: belittle, downplay, understate, trivialize

Derived terms[edit]

exaggeratedly
exaggeratingly
exaggerative
exaggeratively
exaggerativeness
exaggerator
exaggeratory

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exaggeration

Translations[edit]

to overstate, to describe more than is fact

Albanian: zmadhoj (sq), teproj (sq)
Arabic: بَالَغَ‎ (bālaḡa)
Azerbaijani: şişirtmək (az), mübaliğə etmək
Bashkir: арттырыу (arttırıw)
Bulgarian: преувеличавам (bg) (preuveličavam)
Catalan: exagerar (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 誇大／夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 誇張／夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng)
Czech: přehánět (cs)
Danish: overdrive
Dutch: overdrijven (nl)
Esperanto: troigi (eo)
Finnish: liioitella (fi)
French: exagérer (fr), outrer (fr)
Georgian: გადაჭარბება (gadač̣arbeba), გაზვიადება (gazviadeba)
German: übertreiben (de)
Greek: υπερβάλλω (el) (ypervállo), παραφουσκώνω (el) (parafouskóno), μεγαλοποιώ (el) (megalopoió), παρακάνω (el) (parakáno)
Hebrew: הגזים‎ (he) (higzím)
Hungarian: túloz (hu), eltúloz (hu)
Icelandic: ýkja, yfirdrífa
Indonesian: membesar-besarkan (id), melebih-lebihkan (id)
Italian: esagerare (it)
Japanese: 誇張する (ja) (kochō suru), 大袈裟に言う (ja) (ōgesa ni iu)
Korean: 과대시하다 (gwadaesi-hada), 과장하다 (ko) (gwajang-hada)
Latin: verbīs augeō
Lun Bawang: mefoot
Macedonian: преувеличува (preuveličuva)
Maori: tahupera, whakamōmona kōrero, hau pirau (idiomatic)
Norwegian: overdrive (no)

Bokmål: overdrive (no), ta i
Persian: گزاف گفتن‎ (gazâf goftan)
Polish: wyolbrzymiać (pl), przesadzać (pl)
Portuguese: exagerar (pt)
Quechua: anchachay
Romanian: exagera (ro)
Russian: преувели́чивать (ru) impf (preuvelíčivatʹ), преувели́чить (ru) pf (preuvelíčitʹ), утри́ровать (ru) (utrírovatʹ)
Spanish: exagerar (es)
Swedish: överdriva (sv), ta i (sv)
Turkish: abartmak (tr), mübalağa etmek (tr)
Volapük: tuükön (vo)

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.saɡ.ɡeˈraː.te/, [ɛks̠äɡːɛˈräːt̪ɛ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sad.d͡ʒeˈra.te/, [eɡzädː͡ʒeˈräːt̪e]

Verb[edit]

exaggerāte

second-person plural present active imperative of exaggerō

Источник

transitive verb

: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth : overstate

a friend exaggerates a man’s virtues—Joseph Addison

: to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal : overemphasize

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.

It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.

He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.

He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.

Recent Examples on the Web

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—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023

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—John Hudson, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023

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And there was an outcry when the press exaggerated the number of older members who were asked to step aside.

—Tim Gray, Variety, 5 Mar. 2023

And there was an outcry when the press exaggerated the number of older members who were asked to step aside.

—Tim Gray, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, past participle of exaggerāre «to heap up, construct by piling up, increase in significance,» from ex- ex- entry 1 + aggerāre «to heap up over, form into a heap,» verbal derivative of agger «rubble, earthwork, rampart, dam,» noun derivative of aggerere «to bring, carry (to or up), push close up (against),» from ag- ag- + gerere «to carry, bring» — more at jest entry 1

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of exaggerate was
in 1613

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exaggerate

[ıgʹzædʒəreıt]

1. преувеличивать

the gravity of the situation must not be exaggerated — серьёзность положения не следует преувеличивать; положение не так серьёзно, как кажется

the gravity of the situation cannot be exaggerated — серьёзность положения трудно переоценить

2. увеличивать, расширять

to exaggerate in scale — увеличивать в масштабе

the pain exaggerated by wrong treatment — боль, усиленная неправильным лечением

3. (чрезмерно) подчёркивать

these shoes exaggerate the size of her feet — в этих туфлях её ноги кажутся ещё больше

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exaggerate — [eg zaj′ər āt΄, igzaj′ə rāt΄] vt. exaggerated, exaggerating [< L exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare, to increase, exaggerate < ex , out, up + aggerare, to heap up < agger, a heap < aggerere, to bring toward < ad , to + gerere, to carry … English World dictionary
Exaggerate — Ex*ag ger*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaggerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exaggerating} . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See {Jest}. ] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exaggerate — index cloak, compound, distort, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, inflate, intensify … Law dictionary
exaggerate — (v.) 1530s, to pile up, accumulate, from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare heighten, amplify, magnify, lit. to heap, pile, load, fill, from ex thoroughly (see EX (Cf. ex )) + aggerare heap up, from agger (gen. aggeris) heap, from … Etymology dictionary
exaggerate — [v] overstate, embellish amplify, blow out of proportion*, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, go to extremes*, heighten, hike,… … New thesaurus
exaggerate — ► VERB 1) represent as being greater than in reality. 2) (exaggerated) enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions. DERIVATIVES exaggeratedly adverb exaggeration noun. ORIGIN Latin exaggerare heap up … English terms dictionary
exaggerate */ — UK [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt] / US [ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt] verb Word forms exaggerate : present tense I/you/we/they exaggerate he/she/it exaggerates present participle exaggerating past tense exaggerated past participle exaggerated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to… … English dictionary
exaggerate — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, grossly, vastly, wildly ▪ These figures have been greatly exaggerated. ▪ a little, slightly, etc … Collocations dictionary
exaggerate — 01. When Scott hurt his back weeding the garden, he really [exaggerated] how much it hurt so that he wouldn t have to cut the grass. 02. Fishermen always [exaggerate] the size of a fish they almost caught. 03. Oh come on, Lulu, stop… … Grammatical examples in English
exaggerate — ex|ag|ger|ate [ ıg zædʒə,reıt ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to describe something in a way that makes it seem better, worse, larger, more important, etc. than it really is: Don t exaggerate! It wasn t that bad! greatly/grossly/wildly… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
exaggerate — [[t]ɪgzæ̱ʤəreɪt[/t]] exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated 1) VERB If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I m exaggerating… Don t exaggerate… [V n] Sheila admitted … English dictionary

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verb (used with object), ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing.

to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.

to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.

verb (used without object), ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing.

to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.

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Origin of exaggerate

1525–35; <Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent to ex-ex-¹ + agger heap + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM exaggerate

ex·ag·ger·at·ing·ly, adverbex·ag·ger·a·tor, nounnon·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjectiveo·ver·ex·ag·ger·ate, verb, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ing.

un·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective

Words nearby exaggerate

exaction, exactitude, exactly, exact science, exacum, exaggerate, exaggerated, exaggeration, exaggerative, exahertz, ex all

Words related to exaggerate

amplify, distort, emphasize, fabricate, falsify, heighten, inflate, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, boast, boost, brag, caricature, color, corrupt, embroider

How to use exaggerate in a sentence

Hindenburg also panned the Nikola One, the company’s first semi truck, calling it “not a real truck” and said it corroborated a Bloomberg story from June about the company exaggerating its capabilities.
In June, Bloomberg News reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, Milton had exaggerated the capabilities of its debut big rig during an unveiling event in December 2016.
Street artists often take news stories, rumours and public information and reflect and exaggerate them.
Concerns and anxiety can sometimes tip into the unhelpful range, however, when your mind exaggerates a threat, explains Lee, the psychologist.

So there’s a supposed psychological phenomenon — bystander apathy — that turns out to be misinterpreted, or exaggerated.
It should be noted that the Anti-Coup movement has been known to exaggerate facts and numbers.
Not to exaggerate, but it was the sexiest thing that has ever been on television.
But things inspire you based on your personal experience, and then you exaggerate or incorporate other stories from friends.
Hårdh is careful not to exaggerate expectations, calling the new device a complement, not a cure.
Fame is known to exaggerate a character, and Oprah uses two examples: the humanitarian and the jerk.
Consequently there is so universal misery that no words could exaggerate it to your Majesty.
It is almost impossible to describe them without appearing to exaggerate.
Come and see me, we will laugh and talk, but don’t exaggerate what I am worth, for I am worth very little.
The Félibres put forth great claims for the richness of their vocabulary, and they undoubtedly exaggerate.
Monsieur has been somewhat misled, it would seem, by his friend who was witty at my expense and inclined to exaggerate.

British Dictionary definitions for exaggerate

verb

to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true

(tr) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usualhis new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness

Derived forms of exaggerate

exaggeratingly, adverbexaggeration, nounexaggerative or exaggeratory, adjectiveexaggerator, noun

Word Origin for exaggerate

C16: from Latin exaggerāre to magnify, from aggerāre to heap, from agger heap

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