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hipérbole — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hyperbole noun Exaggeration used for effect, not meant to be taken literally.
  • overstatement noun An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.

Senses

hipérbole is used for these senses in English:

  • hyperbole (uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

overstatement — full definition

  1. noun An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
  2. noun The tendency to overstate.

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