exaggerate
exaggerate.01 - make seem bigger
EXAGGERATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'exaggerate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from exaggerate.01-v predicate notes)EXAGGERATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, exaggerate.01.No VNcls. (from exaggeration.01-n)
Aliases:
exaggeration (n.)
exaggerate (v.)
exaggerate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: liar liar, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing exaggerated
ARG1-PPT: thing exaggerated
intransitive
TheyARG0
're bound to exaggeraterel
.transitive
In a letter to Mr. Bennett 's office , released yesterday , Washington 's city administrator , Carol Thompson , complained that
the drug czarARG0
had exaggeratedrel
the amount of federal drug - related assistance provided to the capitalARG1
.both args
Although Herodotus is considered ? the father of history ? ,
hisARG0
exaggerationrel
of the magnitude of Persia 's armyARG1
? discredits him as a historian ?