misperceive

mis·per·ceive

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mis-per-seev]
- /ˌmɪs pərˈsiv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mis-per-seev]
- /ˌmɪs pərˈsiv/

Definitions of misperceive word

verb with object misperceive to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand. 1
noun misperceive To perceive erroneously. 1
verb misperceive to perceive wrongly; misunderstand 0
verb transitive misperceive to perceive incorrectly 0

See all 4 definitions of misperceive

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Origin of misperceive

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25; mis-1 + perceive

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Parts of speech for Misperceive

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Misperceive

misperceive popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for misperceive

verb misperceive

confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.

All 2 Synonyms of misperceive

Antonyms for misperceive

verb transitive misperceive

perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.

Just one Antonym for misperceive