OVEREMPHASIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overemphasize mean? 

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

1. place special or excessive emphasis on

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVEREMPHASIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overemphasize    ... he / she / it overemphasizes   
Past simple: overemphasized   
Past participle: overemphasized   
-ing form: overemphasizing   

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 "overemphasize" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE