Overstate Definition
ōvər-stāt
overstated, overstates, overstating
verb
overstated, overstates, overstating
To give an extravagant or magnified account of (facts, truth, etc.); exaggerate.
Webster's New World
To state in exaggerated terms.
American Heritage
To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
He was suggested not to overstate at the interview.
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Origin of Overstate
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over- +"Ž state.
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