Meaning

4 senses

  1. (literally, transitive)To lead astray, in a false direction.

    in die Irre führen, irreführen

    вводи́ть в заблужде́ниеvvodítʹ v zabluždénije, ввести́ в заблужде́ниеvvestí v zabluždénije, обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ

    lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

  2. (transitive)To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.

    in die Irre führen, täuschen

  3. (transitive)To deceptively trick into something wrong.

    The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin

    in die Irre führen

  4. (broadly, transitive)To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

    запутыватьzaputyvatʹ

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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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
lead in a false direction:
accidentally or intentionally confuse:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lead in a false direction:
deceive by lies or other false impression:

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

misleads, misleading, misled, misled
Base formmislead · to mislead
3rd person singularmisleads
Present participlemisleading
Past simplemisled
Past participlemisled

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymislead
he, she, itmisleads

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misled
he, she, ithas misled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mislead

Synonyms

11 synonyms
deceive by giving a false impression:deceiveB2cheatB2deludebeguilebluff
lead in a false direction:forleadmisguidemisinform
trick into something wrong:seduce
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
guideB1leadB1directB1

Word family

3 related words
Relatedmisleader
DerivedmisleadingB2misleadable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misinterpretmisjudgemislabelmislaymismanagemismanagementmismatch

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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