Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.

  2. (intransitive)To go wrong; make a wrong turn.

Origin

From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.

From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.

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Forms

misturns, misturning, misturned, misturned
Base formmisturn · to misturn
3rd person singularmisturns
Present participlemisturning
Past simplemisturned
Past participlemisturned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisturn
he, she, itmisturns

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisturned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misturn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mistressmistrialmistrustmistyB1misunderstandB2misunderstandingB1misuse

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