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MISCALL

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they miscall  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it miscalls  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: miscalled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: miscalled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: miscalling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign in incorrect name toplay

Example:

These misnamed philanthropists

Synonyms:

miscall; misname

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "miscall" is one way to...):

call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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