HOW TO PRONOUNCE
overstate
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/
Press play to hear how to pronounce overstate.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does overstate mean?
verb
- To state or claim too much.
- To exaggerate; to state or claim to a greater degree than reality.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Official data may overstate hardships, because many Russians supplement their income by moonlighting or by bartering goods and services, activities that often go unreported.
In setting forth the difficulties which have to be grappled with, I shall endeavour in all things to understate rather than overstate my case.
More book examples (3)
It would be difficult to overstate its importance.
It is hardly possible to overstate the contrast between such conditions and the situations of active contact with things and persons in the home, on the playground, in fulfilling of ordinary responsibilities of life.
It is impossible to overstate the vividness of these images, and yet I was so intent, all the time, upon him himself,—who would not be intent on the tiger crouching to spring!—that I knew of the slightest action of his fingers.