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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: exaggeration (0.02904 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to exaggeration.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exaggeration exaggeration n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole] 2: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; “the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness” 3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exaggeration Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag['e]ration.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] “Exaggeration of sand.” --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. [1913 Webster] No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exaggeration exaggeration n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole] 2: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; “the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness” 3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exaggeration Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag['e]ration.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] “Exaggeration of sand.” --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. [1913 Webster] No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. [1913 Webster]
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