noun🔗ShareDeliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement."My little brother said he was so hungry he could eat a horse. That's a hyperbole; he probably just wanted a sandwich. "languageliteraturelinguisticscommunicationwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn instance or example of such overstatement."My little sister said she was so tired she could sleep for a week after her soccer practice – that's a hyperbole. "languagecommunicationliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA hyperbola."The shape of a satellite dish is a hyperbola. "mathlanguagefigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading