Exaggeration - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual
Extra examples
The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.
It would be an exaggeration to say that we were close friends.
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone will be affected by the new policy.
The situation can be described, without exaggeration, as disastrous.
That sounds like a slight exaggeration.
Her story contains a grain of truth but also lots of exaggeration.
She described her accomplishments without exaggeration or vanity.
The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.
Word forms
singular: exaggeration
plural: exaggerations
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