misdirection
misdirection noun: an act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
Noun
misdirection (countable and uncountable, plural misdirections)
- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
misdirection meaning in Tamil and Urdu
misdirection in Tamil
- தவறான வழி, தவற்றுவழி செலுத்தம்
misdirection in Urdu
- غلط رہنمائی
Forms of misdirection
| plural | misdirections |
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Origin of misdirection
From mis- + direction.
Words formed from misdirection
Words that rhyme with misdirection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about misdirection
- What does misdirection mean?
- Misdirection means an act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- What is misdirection in Tamil?
- Misdirection in Tamil is தவறான வழி, தவற்றுவழி செலுத்தம். See Misdirection meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misdirection?
- Misdirection is a noun.
- What is the plural of misdirection?
- The plural of misdirection is misdirections.
Words near misdirection in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdirection (page history and authors); misdirection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misdirection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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