Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - exaggerate
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Exaggerate
exaggerate
verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare, literally, to heap up, from ex- + agger heap, from aggerere to carry toward, from ad- + gerere to carry Date: 1613 transitive verb 1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; overstate a friend ~s a man's virtues — Joseph Addison 2. to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal ; overemphasize intransitive verb to make an overstatement • ~dly adverb • ~dness noun • exaggeration noun • exaggerative adjective • exaggerator noun • exaggeratory adjective
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1.
v.tr. 1 (also absol.) give an impression of (a thing), esp. in speech or writing, that makes it seem larger or greater etc. than it really is. 2 enlarge or alter beyond normal or due proportions (spoke with exaggerated politeness). Derivatives exaggeratedly adv. exaggeratingly adv. exaggeration n. exaggerative adj. exaggerator n. Etymology: L exaggerare (as EX-(1), aggerare heap up f. agger heap) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1) преувеличивать, усложнять 2) чрезмерно увеличивать to exaggerate scale — растягивать шкалу ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. преувеличивать the gravity of the situation must not be exaggerated —- серьезность положения не следует преувеличивать; положение не так серьезно, как кажется the gravity of the situation cannot be exaggerated —- серьезность 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) подчеркивать these shoes exaggerate the size of her feet —- в этих туфлях ее ноги кажутся еще больше ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
(exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated) 1. If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I’m exaggerating... Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job. VERB: V, V n • exaggeration (exaggerations) Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration... It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent. N-VAR 2. If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v to make something seem better, more important etc than it really is (Sue says she's seen Jurassic Park twenty times, but I'm sure she's exaggerating. | exaggerate sth) (exaggerating the pain to get our sympathy | greatly exaggerate) (The extent of the damage was greatly exaggerated by the press.) - exaggeratedly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1533, from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," from ex- "thoroughly" + aggerare "heap up," from agger (gen. aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry." Sense of "overstate" first recorded in Eng. 1564. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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