Definition of understating Understating
/ʌˈndɚstejˌtɪŋ/ - [understeyting] - un•der•stat•ing
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What does understating mean?
Wiktionary 
- understating (Verb)
Present participle of understate.
Part of speech
🔤- understating, verb, gerund of understate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| understate - represent as less significant or important | ||
| minimize, minimise, downplay | ||
| hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" | ||
| inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" | ||
| trivialise, trivialize make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- understate (v. t.)
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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understate
un-dėr-stāt′, v.t. to state or represent under or below the truth.—n. Understatement
Part of speech
🔤- understate, verb, present, 1st person singular of understate (infinitive).
- understate, verb (infinitive).
