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- [mis-tahym]
- /mɪsˈtaɪm/
- /ˌmɪs.ˈtaɪm/
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- [mis-tahym]
- /mɪsˈtaɪm/
Definitions of mistime word
- verb with object mistime to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time. 1
- noun mistime Choose a bad or inappropriate moment to do or say (something). 1
- transitive verb mistime do at the wrong time 1
- verb mistime If you mistime something, you do it at the wrong time, so that it is not successful. 0
- verb mistime to time (an action, utterance, etc) wrongly 0
- verb transitive mistime to time wrongly; do or say at an inappropriate time 0
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Origin of mistime
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English mistimen, Old English mistīmian. See mis-1, time
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Parts of speech for Mistime
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mistime popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% 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.
mistime usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mistime
verb mistime
- misjudge — Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
- jump the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- preempt — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
Antonyms for mistime
verb mistime
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
verb transitive mistime
- time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
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