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OVERSTRESS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overstress ... he / she / it overstresses
Past simple: overstressed
Past participle: overstressed
-ing form: overstressing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place special or excessive emphasis on
Example:
I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book
Synonyms:
overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "overstress" 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
