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overmagnifies

overmagnifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmagnify.

Meaning of overmagnify

Verb

overmagnify (third-person singular simple present overmagnifies, present participle overmagnifying, simple past and past participle overmagnified)

  1. To magnify too much.
    • Sabato's (1991) Feeding Frenzy similarly focuses on the post-Watergate tendency in American mass media to overmagnify certain events and to provide more cynical and contentious coverage of politics.2014, Stuart N. Soroka, Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences, page 74

Questions about overmagnifies

What is overmagnifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overmagnifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmagnify.

Words near overmagnifies in the dictionary

  1. overlying
  2. overlyingly
  3. overmade
  4. overmagnification
  5. overmagnified
  6. overmagnifies
  7. overmagnify
  8. overmagnifying
  9. overmajorities
  10. overmajority
  11. overmake

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