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Meaning of 'exaggerate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Exaggerate [ v. t.]
- To heap up; to accumulate.
- To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

Meaning of 'exaggerate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . exaggerate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- do something to an excessive degree
Example in sentence:
  • He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
Meaning (2):
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Example in sentence:
  • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery

Nearby Words:

exacerbate exacerbation exacerbescence exacerrated exacerrating exacervation exacinate exacination exacritude exact

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