understatement

English - Turkish

Definition of understatement in English Turkish dictionary

(anlatmaya) yetersiz kalan ifade

{i} az gösterme

{i} olduğundan küçük gösterme

{i} bir şeyi olduğundan hafif gösteren ifade

tefrit

Related Terms

understate

{f} küçük söylemek

understate

küçümsemek

understate

olduğundan eksik göster

understate

hafife almak

understate

{f} olduğundan eksik/hafif göstermek

understate

olduğundan eksik veya hafif göstermek

understate

hafif göster

understate

understatement bir şeyi olduğundan hafif gösteren ifade

understate

{f} olduğundan az göstermek

understate

tefrit etmek

English - English

Definition of understatement in English English dictionary

restraint or lack of emphasis, especially for ironic effect

a disclosure or statement that is less than complete

- a figure of speech that says something less than is actually intended

a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

{i} representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify, statement expressing something in a restrained manner

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth

The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is The effect can frequently be humorous

The opposite of hyperbole, understatement (or litotes) refers to a figure of speech that says less than is intended Understatement usually has an ironic effect, and sometimes may be used for comic purposes, as in Mark Twain’s statement, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated " See also hyperbole, irony

Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed. typical British understatement

If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year

Related Terms

understate

to state a quantity that is too low

understate

to fail to put strongly enough, as a case

understate

To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully

understate

{f} represent less strongly than what the facts would justify, express too weakly, state restrainedly

understate

represent as less significant or important

understate

to state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony

understate

to state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay

understate

If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices overstate, exaggerate. to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important or serious than it really is   overstate

Hyphenation

un·der·state·ment

Turkish pronunciation

ʌndırsteytmınt

Pronunciation

/ˈəndərˌstātmənt/ /ˈʌndɜrˌsteɪtmənt/

Etymology

[ "&n-d&r-'stAt ] (transitive verb.) 1824. * under + statement