OVEREMPHASISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overemphasise mean? 

• OVEREMPHASISE (verb)
  The verb OVEREMPHASISE has 1 sense:

1. place special or excessive emphasis on

  Familiarity information: OVEREMPHASISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVEREMPHASISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overemphasise    ... he / she / it overemphasises   
Past simple: overemphasised   
Past participle: overemphasised   
-ing form: overemphasising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place special or excessive emphasis on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress

Context example:

I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book

Hypernyms (to "overemphasise" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Sentence frames:

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