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1 exaggeration
1) (the act of exaggerating.) overdrivelse2) (an exaggerated description, term etc: To say she is beautiful is an exaggeration, but she does have nice eyes.) overdrivelse* * *1) (the act of exaggerating.) overdrivelse2) (an exaggerated description, term etc: To say she is beautiful is an exaggeration, but she does have nice eyes.) overdrivelse -
2 exaggeration
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3 bullshit
['bulʃit]noun, interjection((also bull) (slang) nonsense; lies; exaggeration: That's bullshit!; Bullshit! Do you expect me to believe that?) sludder; vrøvl; vås* * *['bulʃit]noun, interjection((also bull) (slang) nonsense; lies; exaggeration: That's bullshit!; Bullshit! Do you expect me to believe that?) sludder; vrøvl; vås -
4 exaggerate
[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.) overdrive; fremhæve for meget2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) overdrive•* * *[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.) overdrive; fremhæve for meget2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) overdrive• -
5 literal
['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) bogstavelig; ren; skinbarlig2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) ordret•- literally* * *['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) bogstavelig; ren; skinbarlig2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) ordret•- literally
См. также в других словарях:
Exaggeration — is a representation of something in an excessive manner. The exaggerator has been a familiar figure in Western culture since at least Aristotle s discussion of the alazon: the boaster is regarded as one who pretends to have distinguished… … Wikipedia
exaggeration — exaggeration, overstatement, hyperbole all mean an overstepping of the bounds of truth, especially in describing the goodness or badness or the greatness or the smallness of something. Exaggeration does not always or even often imply dishonesty… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exaggeration — Exaggeration. s. f. v. Discours qui exaggere. Cela est comme je vous le dis. il n y a point d exaggeration. c est sans exaggeration … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
exaggeration — exaggeration. См. экзагеррация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Exaggeration — (lat.), Übertreibung (als rhetorische Figur); exaggerieren, übertreiben … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Exaggeration — Exaggeration, lat. deutsch, Uebertreibung; exaggeriren, übertreiben … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
exaggeration — I noun addition, aggrandizement, augmentation, boast, brag, caricature, disproportion, distortion, embellishment, embroidery, enlargement, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, expansion, extravagance, extravagant statement, extremes,… … Law dictionary
exaggeration — 1560s, from L. exaggerationem (nom. exaggeratio), noun of action from pp. stem of exaggerare (see EXAGGERATE (Cf. exaggerate)) … Etymology dictionary
exaggeration — [n] overstatement, embellishment aggrandizement, amplification, baloney*, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock*, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of… … New thesaurus
exaggeration — Exaggeration, Exaggeratio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
