How do you pronounce understate?

understate is pronounced as /ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/.

📉understate

verb

/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/

To describe something as being less important or serious than it really is.

He tends to understate his achievements.

downplay, minimize, diminish, belittle

exaggerate, overstate

understate the case, understate the importance, understate the problem

to make or become six times as great or as many

To struggle or stagger clumsily; to experience difficulty or confusion.

to behave or conduct oneself in a particular way

Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

to say something in order to convey information or express feelings

to make something steady, secure, or unlikely to change suddenly