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mislearn

mislearn verb: to learn wrongly.

Verb

mislearn (third-person singular simple present mislearns, present participle mislearning, simple past and past participle mislearned or mislearnt)

  1. To learn wrongly.

Forms of mislearn

third-person singular presentmislearns
present participlemislearning
past participlemislearned
pastmislearned
past participlemislearnt
pastmislearnt

Origin of mislearn

By surface analysis, mis- + learn. Compare Middle English misleren, Old English mislǣran.

Questions about mislearn

What does mislearn mean?
Mislearn means to learn wrongly.
What part of speech is mislearn?
Mislearn is a verb.
What is the past tense of mislearn?
The past tense of mislearn is mislearned.

Words near mislearn in the dictionary

  1. misleading
  2. misleadingly
  3. misleadingness
  4. misleadings
  5. misleads
  6. mislearn
  7. mislearned
  8. mislearning
  9. mislearns
  10. mislearnt
  11. misled

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