The grass in the garden was about three feet high – I’m not exaggerating. THESAURUS exaggerate to say that something is much bigger, better, worse, more important etc than it really is He exaggerated his own achievements. exaggerate the effect (of something) He yawned widely, exaggerating the effect by stretching his arms wide. exaggerate the size (of something) I’m sure Tommy is exaggerating the size of the problem. exaggerate the impact (of something) (=say the effect or influence of something is worse than it really is ) We believe the Chancellor is exaggerating the impact these proposals will have. exaggerate the extent of something (=say that the size or degree of something is greater than it really is ) The army exaggerated the extent to which the operation was a success. exaggerate the importance/significance (of something) Personally, I think society exaggerates the importance of marriage. it is easy to exaggerate something It’s all too easy to exaggerate the importance of these rather minor factors. COLLOCATIONS phrases it is difficult/hard/impossible to exaggerate something (=used to say that something cannot be made to seem more important etc than it already is ) It is difficult to exaggerate the strength of people’s feelings on this matter. it’s easy/difficult/impossible to exaggerate something It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of sleep. ○ verb EXAGGERATE to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is I couldn’t sleep for three days – I’m not exaggerating. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English exaggerate ex‧ag‧ge‧rate / ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt /
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