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understate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb understate has 1 sense
- understate(v = verb.communication) downplay, minimise, minimize - represent as less significant or important; Array is one way to inform
Antonym: overstate
Derived form noun understatement1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
understate, v. t.
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
understate, v.tr.
1 express in greatly or unduly restrained terms.
2 represent as being less than it actually is.
1 express in greatly or unduly restrained terms.
2 represent as being less than it actually is.
Derivative
understatement n. understater n.
THESAURUS
understate
belie, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, disguise, distort, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overdraw, overstate, parody, pervert, slant, strain, titivate, travesty, trick out, twist, varnish, warp, whitewash, wrench
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