Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

    I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?

    verlegen

    заложи́тьzaložítʹ, затеря́тьzaterjátʹ, засу́нутьzasúnutʹ

  2. (figuratively)To apply one's talents inappropriately.

  3. To put something in the wrong location.

    place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Have you misplaced your keys again?

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  2. I appear to have misplaced my keys.

    ruПо всей видимости, я куда-то дел свои ключи.

    deIch habe anscheinend meine Schlüssel verlegt.

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  3. I seem to have misplaced my wallet.

    deIch habe meinen Geldbeutel wohl verlegt.

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  4. I seem to have misplaced my keys.

    deIch scheine meine Schlüssel verlegt zu haben.

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  5. I seem to have temporarily misplaced your file.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to put something somewhere and then forget its location:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put something somewhere and then forget its location:

Forms

misplaces, misplacing, misplaced, misplaced
Base formmisplace · to misplace
3rd person singularmisplaces
Present participlemisplacing
Past simplemisplaced
Past participlemisplaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisplace
he, she, itmisplaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisplaced

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misplace

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • place (something) where one cannot find it again:mislay

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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