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he tends to exaggerate his own importance

  • 1 exaggerate

    transitive verb

    you are exaggerating his importance — du machst ihn wichtiger, als er ist

    * * *
    [iɡ'zæ‹əreit]
    1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) übertreiben, hervorheben
    2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) übertreiben
    •
    - academic.ru/25417/exaggeration">exaggeration
    * * *
    ex·ag·ger·ate
    [ɪgˈzæʤəreɪt, AM -ʤər-]
    I. vt
    ▪ to \exaggerate sth etw übertreiben
    to \exaggerate the effect of sth die Wirkung von etw dat verstärken
    to \exaggerate a situation eine Situation übertrieben darstellen
    to \exaggerate sth grossly [or wildly] etw stark übertreiben
    II. vi übertreiben
    let's not \exaggerate! bloß nicht übertreiben!
    * * *
    [Ig'zdZəreɪt]
    1. vt
    1) (= overstate) übertreiben

    he exaggerated what really happened — er hat das, was wirklich geschehen war, übertrieben dargestellt

    he tends to exaggerate his own importance — er neigt dazu, sich wichtigzutun

    2) (= intensify) effect verstärken; similarity hervorheben
    2. vi
    übertreiben
    * * *
    exaggerate [ıɡˈzædʒəreıt]
    A v/t
    1. übertreiben, übertrieben darstellen
    2. überbetonen
    B v/i übertreiben:
    one can say without exaggerating that … man kann ohne Übertreibung sagen, dass …
    * * *
    transitive verb

    you are exaggerating his importance — du machst ihn wichtiger, als er ist

    * * *
    v.
    aufbauschen v.
    übertreiben v.

    English-german dictionary > exaggerate

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