overstate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overstate | |
he / she / it overstates | |
past simple overstated | |
past participle overstated | |
-ing form overstating |
- overstate something
to say something in a way that makes it seem more important than it really is synonym exaggerate夸大;夸张;言过其实 He tends to overstate his case when talking politics. 他一谈政治便流于夸夸其谈。 The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated. 这一罪行的严重性怎么说也不为过。 Her musical talent has been a little overstated. 她的音乐天赋被夸大了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstate is used with these nouns as the object:- case
- extent
- importance
- …