# exaggerate

Pronunciation: say "eg-ZAJ-uh-rayt" /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/

## Verb

1. To overstate something, describing it as greater or more extreme than the facts support.
   - Simple: To make something sound bigger, worse, or more important than it really is.
   - _Politicians often exaggerate their opponents' failures during campaigns._
   - _The brochure exaggerated the resort's amenities, which disappointed many guests._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Overstated or overdone, going further than the facts or the situation justify.

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, the past participle of exaggerō ('to heap up, enlarge, magnify, exaggerate'), formed from ex- ('out, up') plus aggerō ('to heap up'). This in turn derives from agger ('a pile, heap, mound') and ultimately from ad- ('to, toward') plus gerō ('to carry').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exaggerate (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).