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overstatement

noun
🔊/ˈəʊvəsteɪtmənt/
🔊/ˈəʊvərsteɪtmənt/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a statement that you say in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is; the act of saying something in this way 夸大；夸张；言过其实synonym exaggeration
    • It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.说危机当头绝非危言耸听。🔊🔊
    opposite understatement (1)