[VN] to state that sth is smaller, less important or less serious than it really is:
It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem. * The figures probably understate the real unemployment rate.
OPPOVERSTATE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for understate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is understate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, understate is tagged as verb.
Does understate appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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