Meaning

1 senses

  1. To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.

Origin

From mis- + mean.

From mis- + mean.

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Forms

mismeans, mismeaning, mismeant, mismeant
Base formmismean · to mismean
3rd person singularmismeans
Present participlemismeaning
Past simplemismeant
Past participlemismeant

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymismean
he, she, itmismeans

Past simpleLesson

all personsmismeant

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mismean

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mismanagemismanagementmismatchmisnomermisomisogynist
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