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misdetermine

misdetermine verb: to determine incorrectly.

Verb

misdetermine (third-person singular simple present misdetermines, present participle misdetermining, simple past and past participle misdetermined)

  1. (transitive) To determine incorrectly.

Forms of misdetermine

third-person singular presentmisdetermines
present participlemisdetermining
past participlemisdetermined
pastmisdetermined

Origin of misdetermine

From mis- + determine.

Questions about misdetermine

What does misdetermine mean?
Misdetermine means to determine incorrectly.
What part of speech is misdetermine?
Misdetermine is a verb.
What is the past tense of misdetermine?
The past tense of misdetermine is misdetermined.

Words near misdetermine in the dictionary

  1. misdetection
  2. misdetections
  3. misdetects
  4. misdetermination
  5. misdeterminations
  6. misdetermine
  7. misdetermined
  8. misdetermines
  9. misdetermining
  10. misdevelop
  11. misdeveloped

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