how to pronounce exaggerate

/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.ɹɛɪt/

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exaggerate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of exaggerate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… impossible to exaggerate how powerfully …”

meaning of exaggerate

To exaggerate means to make something seem greater or more important than it really is.

exaggerate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word exaggerate occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics exaggerate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that exaggerate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;