Exaggerate (Verb)
Syllable division: ex·​ag·​ger·​ate
How to pronounce: UK: /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/ US: /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/

Audio Pronunciation of the word Exaggerate

Meaning: When you take something "small" and make it seem more important / larger / worse, etc. than it actually is.
Example:
> The size of their new house has been exaggerated a lot.
> Do not exaggerate! It wasn't really that bad.
> She is not exaggerating when she says that we waited twice the time it normally takes for them to help us.

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Man exaggerating the size of the fish he caught.

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