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# exaggerate

verb (exaggerate, exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)

«exaggerate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To exaggerate is to make something sound bigger, better, worse or more important than it really is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life people exaggerate to make a story funnier or to get attention («I've told you a million times»); in stories and tall tales exaggeration is for fun; in science and maths you must report results exactly, not exaggerate. Phrases: «don't exaggerate», «exaggerate a story», «greatly exaggerated».

### Examples

- Don't exaggerate; it wasn't as big as a house! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x1)
- He exaggerated how far he could swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x2)
- The advert exaggerates how good the toy is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x3)
- I'm not exaggerating; there really were a hundred bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x4)
- Cartoons exaggerate people's faces to make them funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x5)
- She exaggerated the story to make her friends laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x6)
- Scientists must report what they measured and not exaggerate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x7)
- It would be difficult to exaggerate the old man’s rejoicing now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: double «g», one «r»: ex-ag-ger-ate. Noun: «exaggeration». Exaggerating is not always lying, but it can mislead. Adverts and posts online often exaggerate; check the real facts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exaggerate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exaggerate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exaggerate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exaggerate.html) on Mova free.