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MISSTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misstate mean?
• MISSTATE (verb)
The verb MISSTATE has 1 sense:
1. state something incorrectly
Familiarity information: MISSTATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they misstate ... he / she / it misstates
Past simple: misstated
Past participle: misstated
-ing form: misstating
... he / she / it misstates Past simple: misstated
Past participle: misstated
-ing form: misstating
Sense 1
Meaning:
State something incorrectly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
You misstated my position
Hypernyms (to "misstate" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)
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