overstate
[oh-ver-steyt]
- to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
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Contemporary Examples
To define this show of support by major corporations for LGBT equality as a seachange would be no overstatement.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT IssuesDecember 24, 2014
Perhaps ascribing a distaste for the Oscar winner and soon-to-be Interstellar star is an overstatement.
It is probably not much of an overstatement to say that Arthur Ochs Sulzberger saved The New York Times.
The Legacy of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Publisher and CEO of The New York TimesHoward Kurtz
September 29, 2012
To call the Canadian publisher Harlequin a monopoly in the romance genre might be an overstatement, but not by much.
A source close to Olbermann called the characterization of the incident "a gross overstatement."
Historical Examples
He wished his answer to be not an overstatement, but the exact truth.
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
It has happened so many times that we know this is not an overstatement.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10Charles Herbert Sylvester
One of the characteristics of a legend is its overstatement of fact.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh YearE.C. Hartwell
Yet this might perhaps be regarded as something of an overstatement.
The Analysis of MindBertrand Russell
To assert the contrary is to weaken one's case by overstatement.
VivisectionAlbert Leffingwell
overstate
- (tr) to state too strongly; exaggerate or overemphasize
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Word Origin and History for overstatement
overstate
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