exaggeration
UKigzædʒəreiʃən
USıg'zædʒə'reıʃən
معنی فارسی
اغراق گزاف گويي مبالغه زياده روي
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'exaggerationem', from 'exaggerare' meaning 'heap up, accumulate, magnify', from 'ex-' (out) + 'agger' (heap).
مثال
- His claim to have read every book in the library was a gross exaggeration.
- She said that journalists were guilty of exaggeration.
- To say I was furious would be an exaggeration.
ترکیبهای رایج
gross exaggeration slight exaggeration wild exaggeration bit of an exaggeration
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- extravagant exaggeration
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual “the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness”
- making to seem more important than it really is
مترادفها
noun
Hyperbole, overstatement, stretching, extravagant statement, high coloring.