Dictionary entry

Understatement

Pronunciation: /'ʌndǝsteÇtmǝnt /

Pronunciation

/'ʌndǝsteÇtmǝnt /

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လျှော့ ပြောခြင်း။ ဖော့ပြောခြင်း။ [U] ထိန်းထိန်းသိမ်းသိမ်း ပြောခြင်း။

Definition

understate / ʌndǝ'steÇt / v ၁။ ေလွ်ာ့တြက္သည္။ အထင္ေသးသည္။ The figures probably understate the real growth rate. ❍ It would be wrong to understate the seriousness of the problem. ၂။ က်စ္လ်စ္သိုသိပ္စြာ ေျပာဆို၊ ျပဳမူသည္။ understate one's views/ feelings ❍ She gave a beautifully understated performance as Ophelia. Compare OVERSTATE ❏ understatement /'ʌndǝsteÇtmǝnt / n (က) [C] ေလွ်ာ့ ေျပာျခင္း။ ေဖာ့ေျပာျခင္း။ To say that he was displeased is an understatement (ie He was very angry). (ခ) [U] ထိန္းထိန္းသိမ္းသိမ္း ေျပာျခင္း။ The Foreign Secretary expressed the government view with typical understatement.

Examples

  1. The report understated the social costs of the new development.