to overread
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8.2
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈriːd/
:
sobrestimar
- People often tend to overread the emotions portrayed in the movie, thinking it conveys deeper meanings.
Examples
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Perhaps Barnes overreads the fragments; still, he makes a strong case for the conclusion that "Xenophanes' theology is a remarkable achievement." Ibid., 94.
Academic text (2017) -
The reader gets involved in the game of mind-reading and may very well be underreading or overreading things.
Academic text (2009) -
"Do not overread the data I gave you: that is as bad as underreading what you've already read."
Fiction book (1996) -
It is almost as though Borges did not want his arguments to be taken too seriously, an attitude he often showed in public when he thought critics overread his works.
Academic text (2003) -
While there is danger in overreading or misreading images, texts, and subtexts, such questions are useful as one delves deeper into Amorsolo's "pretty" works.
Academic text (2015) -
In academic discussions, one must be careful not to overread the intentions behind a simple statement.
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Critics sometimes overread the implications of a writer's choice of words, attributing excessive significance.
Synonyms
70
4.2
Say something is bigger or more important than it really is
50
5.1
To think someone or something is better than they really are
50
4.1
To think something is larger or more important than it really is
13
5.8
To think something is worth more than it really is
13
4.6
Make something seem more important or serious than it really is
8
5.5
Treat something as more important than it should be
7
6.5
To think too much about something so it becomes confusing and stops you from acting
3
6.6
Describe something as more serious or emotional than it really is
1
5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
1
5.9
To make something seem more important or serious than it is
1
6.7
Give too much importance to something when judging
1
5.4
To make something seem much worse or bigger than it is
1
7.9
To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is
Describe something as more important or impressive than it really is
How Meaningful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overread comes from the parts over- (as in overdo, meaning 'too much') and read, so it gives the image of reading too much into words. So, to overread someone's comment is to give it more meaning than it really has.