Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, transitive, uncountable)A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction.

  2. (countable, transitive)That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse).

Examples

107 sentences

  1. Tom misled Mary.

    Том ввів Мері в оману. — deniko

    ruТом ввел Мэри в заблуждение. — sharptoothed

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  2. Tom misled us.

    Том увів нас у оману. — deniko

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  3. I'm sorry if I misled you.

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  4. I didn't want to mislead anyone.

    ruЯ не хотел ввести никого в заблуждение. — Ooneykcall

    deIch wollte niemanden in die Irre führen. — brauchinet

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  5. I don't want to mislead you.

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Origin

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germani

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

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Forms

plural: misleads
Singularmislead
Pluralmisleads

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misinterpretmisjudgemislabelmislaymismanagemismanagementmismatch
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