Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: distraction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revision, alteration
noun
management that is careless or inefficient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mismanagement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: management, direction
Narrower terms: screwup
noun
incorrect directions or instructions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: direction, instruction
noun
an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commission, charge, direction
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English direction English misdirection From mis- + direction.
