understatement
Kelime Anlamı :

1. olduğundan küçük gösterme.
2. tefrit.
3. az gösterme.
4. bir şeyi olduğundan hafif gösteren ifade.
5. hafif ifade.
6. küçük söylemek.
7. olduğundan az göstermek.
8. tefrit etmek.
9. hafif göster.
10. understatement bir şeyi olduğundan hafif gösteren ifade.
Tanımlar :
1. A disclosure or statement that is less than complete.
2. restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect.
3. restraint in artistic expression.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. a disclosure or statement that is less than complete
2. restraint or lack of emphasis, especially for ironic effect
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the act of understating. that which is understated; a statement of less than the full truth.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.