overstatement

Definition von overstatement im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable
The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.; The tendency to overstate
She had a knack for overstatement.; If you refer to the way something is described is an overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is. This may have been an improvement, but `breakthrough' was an overstatement = exaggeration understatement; An exaggerated statement or account; making to seem more important than it really is; {i} exaggeration; overly strong statement
overstate: To exaggerate; to state or claim too much
I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
overstate: To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate
overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
overstate: If you say that someone is overstating something, you mean they are describing it in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is. The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention = exaggerate. to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is = exaggerate understate
overstate: {f} exaggerate, hyperbolize, stretch the truth, embellish
overstatements: plural of overstatement