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misquotes

misquotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misquote.

misquotes is the plural of misquote.

Meaning of misquote

Verb

misquote (third-person singular simple present misquotes, present participle misquoting, simple past and past participle misquoted)

  1. To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.
    • I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.

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Questions about misquotes

What is misquotes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misquotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misquote.

Words near misquotes in the dictionary

  1. misquotations
  2. misquote
  3. misquoted
  4. misquoter
  5. misquoters
  6. misquotes
  7. misquoting
  8. misr
  9. MISRA
  10. misrable
  11. misrace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misquotes (page history and authors); misquote (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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