overstate
English
/ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt/
verb
Definitions
- To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
Etymology
Prefix from English state (phase of matter).
Origin
English
state
Gloss
phase of matter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- State of Mississippi English
- antistate English
- bistate English
- bitstate English
- blue state English
- chain-melted state English
- counterstate English
- downstate English
- eigenstate English
- ethno-state English
- ethnostate English
- forestate English
- immunostate English
- in-state English
- instate English
- interstate English
- intrastate English
- macrostate English
- megastate English
- metastate English
- microstate English
- mindstate English
- ministate English
- misstate English
- multistate English
- narco-state English
- narcostate English
- nonstate English
- outstate English
- overstatement English
- overstater English
- parastate English
- petrostate English
- princely state English
- pro-state English
- protostate English
- pseudostate English
- purple state English
- quasistate English
- red state English
- restate English
- savestate English
- semi-state English
- semistate English
- statable English
- statal English
- state English
- state-run English
- statechart English
- statecraft English
- statedom English
- statefinder English
- stateful English
- statefunction English
- statehood English
- statehouse English
- stateless English
- statelet English
- statelike English
- stately English
- statemate English
- statement English
- statemonger English
- stateprison English
- stateroom English
- stateship English
- stateside English
- statesman English
- statesperson English
- stateswoman English
- statewide English
- statie English
- statism English
- statist English
- statocracy English
- statoid English
- statolatry English
- substate English
- superstate English
- suprastate English
- tristate English
- typestate English
- understate English
- unstate English
- upstate English
- status Latin
- ステート Japanese
- estat Old French
- state
- statie
- statal
- stately
- statism
- upstate
- statist
- statoid
- instate
- bistate
- unstate
- restate
- statelet
- tristate
- statable
- bitstate
- substate
- misstate
- statedom
- in-state
- stateful
- outstate
- nonstate
- downstate
- ministate
- antistate
- stateship
- pro-state
- stateroom
- parastate
- stateless
- state-run
- statesman
- metastate
- stateside
- statehood
- semistate
- statement
- mindstate
- red state
- statemate
- forestate
- savestate
- megastate
- statewide
- typestate
- statelike
- petrostate
- statocracy
- statehouse
- narcostate
- suprastate
- intrastate
- eigenstate
- overstater
- multistate
- semi-state
- ethnostate
- statecraft
- understate
- microstate
- blue state
- macrostate
- protostate
- interstate
- quasistate
- statolatry
- superstate
- statechart
- statefinder
- pseudostate
- statemonger
- narco-state
- stateprison
- stateswoman
- immunostate
- ethno-state
- statesperson
- counterstate
- purple state
- statefunction
- overstatement
- princely state
- chain-melted state
- State of Mississippi