HYPE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of hype in English

(Definition of hype from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of hype

hype
The propagation of the devil-at-the-crossroads myth serves a greater purpose than simply ' hyping up' or trumpeting the skill and virtuosity of the performer.
Such summits tend to be excessively hyped up – they produce high levels of expectation but furnish quite meagre results.
The hyping up of expectations ahead of the general election is written down here, but manifestly has not been undertaken in practice.
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We are under no illusion about why the debate was hyped up, as it was before the holidays.
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A successful direct marketing campaign, hyped by over-bonusing, attracted a large number of new policyholders and an increasing flow of contributions from existing members.
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The newspapers also bear a responsibility for hyping the scares.
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The single market has not given us the benefit or economic advantage that was claimed for it, yet we keep hyping it up.
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Spectators walking around in the streets are not necessarily causing an offence because they are encouraging themselves on and getting hyped up.
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There is a danger that the enterprise companies will become very much hyped by their considerable powers.
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I regret that these modest restrictions seem to have been hyped up as being far more considerable than they are.
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He repeatedly highlights and hypes the punitive elements in a language that is liable to destroy any tentative steps towards a new sentencing climate.
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Are the facts hyped up by those who oppose mink farming?
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Are they genuine statistical forecasts about the economy, or are they hyped up by ministerial desire to look optimistic and sound encouraging?
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The situation has been hyped up and it has had to contend with damaging speculation about what might be going on round the corner.
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If we can get that right without hyping the heat, rather than the light, so much the better.
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Translations of hype

in Chinese (Traditional)
(新聞媒體的)大肆宣傳,炒作, (透過新聞媒體)大肆宣傳,炒作…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(新闻媒体的)大肆宣传,炒作, (通过新闻媒体)大肆宣传,炒作…
in Spanish
bombo, exageración, promocionar exageradamente…
in Portuguese
engodo, mentira, propaganda (exagerada) [feminine]…
in more languages
in Japanese
in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Arabic
in Polish
in Norwegian
in Korean
in Italian
in Russian
誇大, 誇大広告(こだい こうこく)…
medyada çok göze batan/yer alan, şişirme, çokça reklamı yapılan…
campagne [feminine] publicitaire, battage [masculine] médiatique…
bombo, propaganda…
يُضَخِّم الأُمور…
szum, reklamować, robić szum wokół…
skrytende omtale [masculine]…
광고…
pubblicità esagerata, montatura pubblicitaria…
шум, суета, пускание пыли в глаза…
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