📉understate (anderstèt)

verb
/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/
minimiser (minimiser)

Signification

To describe something as being less important or serious than it really is.
Traduction de la signification
Décrire quelque chose comme moins important ou sérieux qu'il ne l'est réellement.
Décrire quelque chose comme moins important ou sérieux qu'il ne l'est réellement.

Phrases d'exemple

He tends to understate his achievements.

Il a tendance à minimiser ses réalisations.
Il a tendance à minimiser ses réalisations.

Synonymes

downplay, minimize, diminish, belittle

Antonymes

exaggerate, overstate

Collocations

understate the case, understate the importance, understate the problem

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