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overstate

/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/

/ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt/

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overstateverb

overstated

Past Simple

overstated

Past Participle

overstating

Gerund

/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/

/ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt/

He tends to overstate his achievements.

Он склонен преувеличивать свои достижения.

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overstateverb

To express or state something too strongly; to exaggerate.

He tends to overstate his achievements to impress others.

To represent an amount, value, or figure as greater than it actually is, especially in financial or statistical contexts.

The auditor discovered that the company had overstated its annual profits.