noun
Meaning 1
An instance of reading wrongly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
misread
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪs.ɹiːd/
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rhymes with -ɛd
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present: /mɪsˈɹiːd/
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past: /mɪsˈɹɛd/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S R IY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M IH0 S R EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
interpret wrongly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I misread Hamlet all my life!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misinterpret
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take, read
verb
Meaning 4
read or interpret wrongly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He misread the data
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: read, scan
History
Etymology
From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 讀錯 /读错 (dúcuò) — to read wrongly
- Finnish: lukea väärin — to read wrongly
- German: falsch lesen — to read wrongly
- German: falsch deuten — to read wrongly
- German: falsch verstehen — to read wrongly
- German: missverstehen — to read wrongly
- Ido: misinterpretar — to read wrongly
- Japanese: 誤読する (godoku suru) — to read wrongly
- Manx: meelhaih — to read wrongly
- Russian: непра́вильно прочита́ть (neprávilʹno pročitátʹ) — to read wrongly
- Spanish: malinterpretar — to read wrongly
- Turkish: yanlış okumak — to read wrongly