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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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Dictionary Entry

overstatement

Part of Speechnoun

An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.

In a Sentence

“The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. overstatementoverstatement valuationoverstatement gross
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Synonyms

exaggerationhyperbolemagnification

Antonyms

understatement

Related Words

overestimationoverestimateexcessivehypeovervaluationexcess

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