'The act, or an instance, of undergeneralizing.'에 대한 English 단어
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noun
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- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
- The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
- (US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
- The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
- The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
noun
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
verb
- (figuratively) To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.
- (figuratively) To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.
- To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- play down or obscure
noun
- The act of underlining.
- A line drawn underneath text; an underline.
- (geology) lineation due to the accumulation of matter in cavities beneath the surface.
- (philosophy) A branch of philosophy concerned with understanding of language.
- (anthropology) A system of forming kinship groups that subdivide a major lineage into subgroups of more closely related individuals.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
- The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
- (US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
- The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
- The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
verb
noun
noun
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
noun
- The act of underlining.
- A line drawn underneath text; an underline.
- (geology) lineation due to the accumulation of matter in cavities beneath the surface.
- (philosophy) A branch of philosophy concerned with understanding of language.
- (anthropology) A system of forming kinship groups that subdivide a major lineage into subgroups of more closely related individuals.
verb
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.
- (figuratively) To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.
- To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- play down or obscure