Understate - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance.

Примеры использования:

Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled

noun

An instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance.

Примеры использования:

Downgrades by debt-rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one

verb

To reduce someone or something to a lower rank or position; to make less important or less valued

Примеры использования:

They threatened to downgrade my credit rating if i don’t pay the bill immediately.

verb

Make (something) appear less important than it really is.

Примеры использования:

This report downplays the seriousness of global warming

verb

To make something seem less important or less bad than it really is

Примеры использования:

The government has been trying to downplay the crisis.

verb

Make or become less; diminish.

Примеры использования:

The years have lessened the gap in age between us

verb

To become or make something smaller in amount or degree

Примеры использования:

[ t ] keeping your weight down can lessen the risk of heart disease.

verb

To make something smaller, less noticeable, etc., or to become smaller, less noticeable, etc.

Примеры использования:

Corporate executives are keen to embrace "green technology" in order to lessen their dependence on …

idiom

To act as if something is not serious, esp. when it is serious

Примеры использования:

They've both had knee injuries, but the two friends make light of their weaknesses.

verb

Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Примеры использования:

The aim is to minimize costs

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Примеры использования:

We do all that we can to minimize the risk of infection., he minimized his involvement in the scand…

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Примеры использования:

We rented an office in the cheap part of town to minimize costs., you should spread your investment…

phrase

Understate the importance or quality of

phrasal verb

Represent something as being less important than it in fact is.

Примеры использования:

He tried to play down the seriousness of his illness

phrasal verb

To make something seem less important than or not as bad as it really is

Примеры использования:

The doctor tried to play down the seriousness of my father’s illness, but we weren’t fooled.

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is.

Примеры использования:

The problem was either trivialized or ignored by teachers

verb

To make something unusual seem ordinary or unimportant

Примеры использования:

My boss tends to take good ideas and trivialize them.

verb

Place insufficient emphasis on.

Примеры использования:

History is underemphasized in the curriculum

verb

Perform (something) in a restrained way.

Примеры использования:

The violins underplayed the romantic element in the music

verb

To make something such as a dangerous situation seem less important or dangerous than it really is

Примеры использования:

While not wanting to underplay the seriousness of the situation, i have to say that it is not as ba…

verb

Underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something).

Примеры использования:

They vastly underrate their own players

verb

To fail to recognize the importance, value, skill, power, etc., of someone or something

Примеры использования:

Never underrate your opponent in a political contest.