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MISPERCEIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misperceive mean? 

MISPERCEIVE (verb)
  The verb MISPERCEIVE has 1 sense:

1. perceive incorrectlyplay

  Familiarity information: MISPERCEIVE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISPERCEIVE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they misperceive  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it misperceives  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: misperceived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: misperceived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: misperceiving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perceive incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "misperceive" is one way to...):

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misperceive"):

see double (see things as if they were there twice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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