EXAGGERATION
\ɛɡzˌad͡ʒəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛɡzˌadʒəɹˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˌa_dʒ_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXAGGERATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
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making to seem more important than it really is
By Princeton University
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the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
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making to seem more important than it really is
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of heaping or piling up.
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The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
By Oddity Software
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The act of heaping or piling up.
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The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Amplification;—a representation beyond the truth; hyperbole;—unnatural or excessive pictorial or descriptive representation.
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The act of heaping together; hyperbolical amplification.
By Thomas Sheridan
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