overstatement

n.

An exaggerated statement or account.

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noun

The act or an instance of exaggerating: exaggeration, hyperbole, hyperbolism, tall talk. See increase/decrease.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: making to seem more important than it really is
  Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification
  Antonym: understatement (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overdrivelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
overdrijving

Français (French)
n. - exagération

Deutsch (German)
n. - Übertreibung, übertriebene Darstellung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπερβολή, μεγαλοποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
esagerazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exageração (f), relato hiperbólico

Русский (Russian)
преувеличение

Español (Spanish)
n. - aseveración exagerada, exageración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överdrift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大話

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허풍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 誇張

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبالغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפרזה, הגזמה‬

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