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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To recognize in error
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To deliberately fail to recognize, or pretend to do so
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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 recognize English misrecognize From mis- + recognize.
