B2verb · intransitive · rare

exaggerate

ex·ag·ger·ate

exaggerate · exaggerates · exaggerated · exaggerating

перебільшувати, перебільшити

преувеличивать, преувеличить, утрировать

übertreiben, aufpeitschen

To overstate, to describe more than the factTo overstate, to describe more than the fact.

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/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/

» The old man tends to exaggerate.

Der Alte übertreibt gerne.

Старик склонен преувеличивать.

Старий любить перебільшувати.

Старий схильний перебільшувати.

Meaning

1 senses

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!
He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.
aufpeitschen, übertreiben
преувели́чиватьpreuvelíčivatʹ, преувели́читьpreuvelíčitʹ, утри́роватьutrírovatʹ
перебі́льшуватиperebílʹšuvaty, перебі́льшитиperebílʹšyty

More definitions

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
do something to an excessive degree

Examples

214 sentences

The old man tends to exaggerate.
Старий любить перебільшувати. — deniko
ruСтарик склонен преувеличивать. — Imp
deDer Alte übertreibt gerne. — Haehnchenpaella
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I can see Tom wasn't exaggerating.
Бачу, що Том не перебільшував. — deniko
ruВижу, Том не преувеличивал. — odexed
deIch sehe Tom hat nicht übertrieben. — vasco_yannic
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I think that Tom was exaggerating.
Мені здається, Том перебільшував. — deniko
ruПо-моему, Том преувеличивал. — marafon
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I thought that people were exaggerating.
Я думав, що люди перебільшують. — deniko
ruЯ думал, что люди преувеличивают. — marafon
deIch dachte, die Leute würden übertreiben. — Waldelfe
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I think Tom is exaggerating a little.
Мені здається, Том трохи перебільшує. — deniko
ruДумаю, Том слегка преувеличивает. — marafon
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to overstate, to describe more than is fact:

Русский

By meaning 1

to overstate, to describe more than is fact:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to overstate, to describe more than is fact:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, incr

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).

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