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- UNDERSTATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of UNDERSTATE is to represent as less than is the case How to use understate in a sentence
- UNDERSTATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
UNDERSTATE definition: 1 to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc than it… Learn more
- Understate Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
Understate definition: To state with less completeness or truth than seems warranted by the facts
- UNDERSTATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Understate definition: to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms See examples of UNDERSTATE used in a sentence
- UNDERSTATE - Definition Meaning - Reverso English Dictionary
He understated the problem to avoid panic 2 He understated his accomplishments during the interview understate one's case v Terms in the same semantic field: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, hypernyms put it mildly v say the least v undersell v She tends to understate her achievements at work
- Understate - definition of understate by The Free Dictionary
To express with restraint or lack of emphasis, especially ironically or for rhetorical effect 3 To state (a quantity, for example) that is too low: understate corporate financial worth American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- UNDERSTATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices [VERB noun] That understates my commitment to the orchestra [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- understate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay To call it a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass (transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony The company had been understating its liabilities for years
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