exaggerates
Sayeg-ZAJ-uh-rayts/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of exaggerate.
Whenever he recounts the argument, he exaggerates his own part in it.
The advertisement exaggerates the product's benefits to attract buyers.
Note
The present-tense form that follows he, she, it or a singular noun: the advertisement exaggerates, my brother exaggerates. Only verbs take this -s ending, so this spelling always means "overstates." It never stands for the rarer adjective exaggerate ("overblown"), which has no person endings. With I, you, we or they, the bare form returns: they exaggerate.
exaggerates is a form of exaggerate
exaggerate, verb: To overstate something, describing it as greater or more extreme than the facts support. Full entry
- Forms
- exaggerateexaggerates he/she/itexaggerating -ing formexaggerated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- exaggerate → exaggerates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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