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misperceive

misperceive verb: to perceive erroneously.

Verb

misperceive (third-person singular simple present misperceives, present participle misperceiving, simple past and past participle misperceived)

  1. To perceive erroneously.
    • The second reason so many people initially misperceived George W.2009 January 25, James Mann, “At the White House, What’s Old May Be New”, in New York Times

Forms of misperceive

third-person singular presentmisperceives
present participlemisperceiving
past participlemisperceived
pastmisperceived

Origin of misperceive

From mis- + perceive.

Words formed from misperceive

Questions about misperceive

What does misperceive mean?
Misperceive means to perceive erroneously.
What part of speech is misperceive?
Misperceive is a verb.
What is the past tense of misperceive?
The past tense of misperceive is misperceived.

Words near misperceive in the dictionary

  1. mispenned
  2. mispenning
  3. mispens
  4. mispense
  5. misper
  6. misperceive
  7. misperceived
  8. misperceiver
  9. misperceivers
  10. misperceives
  11. misperceiving

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