overemphasize
overemphasize verb: to place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
Verb
overemphasize (third-person singular simple present overemphasizes, present participle overemphasizing, simple past and past participle overemphasized)
- To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
- Synonyms:
- big up, play up, stretch, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, overstate, three-sheet
overemphasize meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
overemphasize in Bengali
- অতিরিক্ত গুরুত্ব দেওয়া
overemphasize in Malayalam
- overstress, place too much emphasis on, lay too much emphasis on
- കൂടുതൽ ഊന്നൽ കൊടുക്കുക, വേണ്ടതിലധികം ഊന്നൽ കൊടുക്കുക, കൂടുതൽ ഊന്നിപ്പറയുക, പ്രത്യേകം ഊന്നിപ്പറയുക, അമിതപ്രാധാന്യം കൊടുക്കുക, പ്രത്യേക പ്രാധാന്യം കല്പിക്കുക
Synonyms of overemphasize
Forms of overemphasize
| third-person singular present | overemphasizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | overemphasizing |
| past participle | overemphasized |
| past | overemphasized |
| alternative form | overemphasise |
Origin of overemphasize
From over- + emphasize.
Questions about overemphasize
- What does overemphasize mean?
- Overemphasize means to place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
- What is overemphasize in Bengali?
- Overemphasize in Bengali is অতিরিক্ত গুরুত্ব দেওয়া. See Overemphasize meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is overemphasize?
- Overemphasize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overemphasize?
- The past tense of overemphasize is overemphasized.
Words near overemphasize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overemphasize (page history and authors); overemphasize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overemphasize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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