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understateunderstate /ˌʌndɚˈsteɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEunderstate |
Present | I, you, we, they | understate | | he, she, it | understates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | understated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have understated | | he, she, it | has understated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had understated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will understate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have understated |
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Present | I | am understating | | he, she, it | is understating | | you, we, they | are understating | Past | I, he, she, it | was understating | | you, we, they | were understating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been understating | | he, she, it | has been understating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been understating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be understating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been understating |
to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important than it really is OPP overstate: The media has understated the seriousness of the problem. |