Usually means: Exaggerating or amplifying beyond truth.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word overstating:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. overstating: Merriam-Webster
  2. overstating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overstating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Overstating, overstating: Wordnik
  5. overstating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. overstating: Wiktionary
  7. Overstating, overstating: Dictionary.com
  8. overstating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Overstating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Overstating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. overstating: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overstating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overstating: Legal dictionary

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verb:  (transitive) To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
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