📉understate (андерстейт)

verb
/ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/
преуменьшать (preumenshat)

Значение

To describe something as being less important or serious than it really is.
Перевод значения
Описать что-то как менее важное или серьезное, чем оно на самом деле.
Opisat' chto-to kak menee vazhnoe ili seryoznoe, chem ono na samom dele.

Примеры предложений

He tends to understate his achievements.

Он склонен преуменьшать свои достижения.
On sklonyen preumenshat' svoi dostizheniya.

Синонимы

downplay, minimize, diminish, belittle

Антонимы

exaggerate, overstate

Коллокации

understate the case, understate the importance, understate the problem

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