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Meaning of understate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

understate

verb

Definitions

  1. To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

  2. To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.

  3. To state a quantity that is too low.