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 enlist or hire people for a job, service, or membership

to keep something in its original state; to protect from harm or decay

to think deeply about something; to chew cud (for animals)

to wave or flourish something, especially a weapon, in a threatening or showy way

to laugh at someone or something in a cruel or mocking way

to praise formally or officially