/eksaxeˈɾaɾ/
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Translation
to exaggerate
Word origin
From Latin exaggerare ('to heap up, to amplify'), from ex ('up, out') plus aggerare ('to pile up'), from agger ('heap'). The same root gives English 'exaggerate'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exaggerare
- English cognates
- exaggerate
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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Do not exaggerate, it was not that bad.
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He always exaggerates when he tells his stories.
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I think you are exaggerating the problem.
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I do not want to exaggerate, but it was the best dinner of my life.
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Newspapers tend to exaggerate bad news.
Used in
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