English-Thai Dictionary

overstate

VT กล่าวเกินจริง  overreact exaggerate understate kao-koen-jing

 

overstatement

N การ กล่าวเกินจริง  kan-kao-koen-jing

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OVERSTATE

O `ver *state ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n.Overstating.]

 

Defn: To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.

 

OVERSTATEMENT

OVERSTATEMENT O "ver *state "ment, n.

 

Defn: An exaggerated statement or account.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

overstate

o ver state |ˌōvərˈstāt ˈˌoʊvərˈˌsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] express or state too strongly; exaggerate: I may have overstated my case to make my point.

 

overstatement

o ver state ment |ˌōvərˈstātmənt ˈoʊvərsteɪtmənt | ▶noun the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration: a classic piece of overstatement | to describe the show as a success would be an overstatement.

 

Oxford Dictionary

overstate

over |state |əʊvəˈsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] state too strongly; exaggerate: I overstated my case to make my point.

 

overstatement

over |state |ment |ˈəʊvəˌsteɪtm (ə )nt, ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of stating something too strongly; exaggeration: a classic piece of overstatement | [ count noun ] : to describe the show as a success would be an overstatement.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

overstate

overstate verb he admitted that he had perhaps overstated his case: exaggerate, overdo, overemphasize, overplay, dramatize, embroider, embellish; informal blow up out of all proportion. ANTONYMS understate.

 

overstatement

overstatement noun okay, so maybe my last remark was an overstatement, but the original premise still holds: exaggeration, overemphasis, dramatization, embroidery, embellishment, enhancement, hyperbole.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

overstate

overstate verb he admitted that he had perhaps overstated his case: exaggerate, overdo, overemphasize, overplay, dramatize, colour, embroider, embellish, enhance, magnify, inflate, amplify, make a mountain out of a molehill; informal make a big thing out of, blow up, blow up out of all proportion; archaic draw the long bow. ANTONYMS understate.

 

overstatement

overstatement noun it is not an overstatement to say that a crisis is imminent: exaggeration, overemphasis, magnification, amplification, overplaying, dramatization, colouring, embroidery, embellishment, enhancement, inflation, extravagance, hyperbole, excessiveness, overestimation, overvaluation, aggrandizement. ANTONYMS restraint.

 

Duden Dictionary

Overstatement

Over state ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈoʊvəˈsteɪtmənt |das Overstatement; Genitiv: des Overstatements, Plural: die Overstatements englisch Übertreibung, Überspielung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

overstate

ò ver st á te 動詞 他動詞 …を大げさに話す, 誇張する .

 

overstatement

ò ver st á te ment 名詞 1 U 誇張 .2 C 誇張した表現 .