how to pronounce overstate

/ˌəʊ.vəˈstɛɪt/

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overstate is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… but it's hard to overstate quite how bad …”

meanings of overstate

verb:

To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.

overstate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word overstate occurs in english on average 0.4 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 overstate 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 overstate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;