misstate
misstate verb: to make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
Verb
misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)
- To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
- Near-synonym: misreport
- The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?
- Synonyms:
- misreport
misstate meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
misstate in Tamil
- தவறாகக்கூறு பிழைபடக்கூறு
misstate in Urdu
- غلط بیانی کرنا
misstate in Malayalam
- misrepresent, misreport, take out of context
- തെറ്റായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കുക, തെറ്റായ വാർത്ത കൊടുക്കുക, തെറ്റി ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക, തെറ്റായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രസ്താവന വളച്ചൊടിക്കുക, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക
Synonyms of misstate
Forms of misstate
| third-person singular present | misstates |
|---|---|
| present participle | misstating |
| past participle | misstated |
| past | misstated |
Origin of misstate
From mis- + state.
Words formed from misstate
Questions about misstate
- What does misstate mean?
- Misstate means to make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
- What is misstate in Tamil?
- Misstate in Tamil is தவறாகக்கூறு பிழைபடக்கூறு. See Misstate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misstate?
- Misstate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misstate?
- The past tense of misstate is misstated.
Words near misstate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misstate (page history and authors); misstate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misstate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misstate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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