exaggerate

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /ɛɡˈzæ.dʒə.reɪt/ or /ɪɡˈzæ.dʒə.reɪt/
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  • Hyphenation: ex‧ag‧ger‧ate

Verb[change]

Plain form
exaggerate

Third-person singular
exaggerates

Past tense
exaggerated

Past participle
exaggerated

Present participle
exaggerating

  1. If you exaggerate, then you make something look bigger or more important than it really is.

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