Pronunciations (4)
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/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
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/ɛk(s)ˈzæ(ɡ)d͡ʒɜː(ɹ).ɹeɪt/
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/ɪɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
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ɛɡˈzæ.dʒə.ɹeɪt
Verb
To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
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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.
More examples (1)
These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.
Adjective
Exaggerative; overblown.
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And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.
Water was invading, like some loving arms, some protecting wings, but its love and care were too exaggerate, they were deadly.
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You will leave [the camp] and when confronted to the smallest inconvenience you will have again these reactions that, for me, are very exaggerate.
From this comparison, it seems that the data in Table 7.7 are reasonable, while Ashbel's values are exaggerate.
Verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery
do something to an excessive degree
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He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups