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- [mis-steyt]
- /mɪsˈsteɪt/
- /ˌmɪsˈsteɪt/
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- [mis-steyt]
- /mɪsˈsteɪt/
Definitions of misstate word
- verb with object misstate to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about. 1
- noun misstate Make wrong or inaccurate statements about. 1
- transitive verb misstate declare incorrectly 1
- verb misstate If you misstate something, you state it incorrectly or give false information about it. 0
- verb misstate to state incorrectly 0
- verb transitive misstate to state incorrectly or falsely 0
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Origin of misstate
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1640-50; mis-1 + state
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Parts of speech for Misstate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
misstate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
misstate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misstate
verb misstate
- misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
Antonyms for misstate
verb misstate
- straighten — make straight
- explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
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