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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misdate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪsdeɪt/
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  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English date English misdate From mis- + date.

Meanings

  1. A wrong date.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misdates Number=Plur lexicographic

misdate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈdeɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English date English misdate From mis- + date.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misdates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misdating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misdated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misdated Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

date

Hypernyms

misclassify · misidentify

Hyponyms

overdate · backdate

Synonyms

misdate