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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•per•bo•le /haɪˈpɜrbəli/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Rhetoricobvious and intentional exaggeration:a campaign full of hyperbole; an example of hyperbole, such as "to wait an eternity.''
hy•per•bol•ic /ˌhaɪpɚˈbɑlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•per•bo•le (hī pûr′bə lē),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]- Rhetoricobvious and intentional exaggeration.
- Rhetorican extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity.'' Cf. litotes.
- Greek hyperbolé̄ excess, exaggeration, throwing beyond, equivalent. to hyper- hyper- + bolé̄ throw
- 1520–30
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged overstatement.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged understatement.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hyperbole /haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ/ n - a deliberate exaggeration used for effect: he embraced her a thousand times
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek: from hyper- + bolē a throw, from ballein to throwhyˈperbolism n |