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understate

DEFINITIONS OF: understate

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v represent as less significant or important

Synonyms:
downplay, minimise, minimize
Antonyms:
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Types:
trivialise, trivialize
make trivial or insignificant
Type of:
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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