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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessous-estimer
Pronunciation / Transliteration: su ɛs.ti.me
"Il a tendance à sous-estimer ses capacités."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To represent something as being smaller, less important, or less serious than it actually is.
"He tends to understate his achievements during interviews." - 2
To express or present a situation in a way that downplays its significance.
"The report understated the severity of the economic crisis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'understate' is derived from the prefix 'under-' meaning 'beneath' or 'less than', combined with 'state', which comes from the Old French 'estater' meaning 'to state' or 'to express'. The term has evolved since the early 20th century to imply a minimization of the importance or significance of something.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Understate" is said worldwide
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sous-estimer
Transliteration: su ɛs.ti.me
"Il a tendance à sous-estimer ses capacités."
untertreiben
Transliteration: ʊntɐˈtʁaɪ̯bən
"Er neigt dazu, seine Erfolge zu untertreiben."
sottovalutare
Transliteration: sotto.va.luˈta.re
"Tende a sottovalutare l'importanza del problema."
subestimar
Transliteration: sub.es.tiˈmaɾ
"Él tiende a subestimar sus logros."
subestimar
Transliteration: sub.es.tiˈmaʁ
"Ele tende a subestimar suas conquistas."
कम आंका जाना
Transliteration: kam aanka jaana
"वह अपनी क्षमताओं को कम आंका जाता है।"
低估
Transliteration: dī gū
"他倾向于低估自己的成就。"
과소평가하다
Transliteration: gwaseopyeonggahada
"그는 자신의 성과를 과소평가하는 경향이 있다."
過小評価する
Transliteration: kashōhyōkasuru
"彼は自分の成果を過小評価する傾向がある。"
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