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MISQUOTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incorrect quotation
Synonyms:
misquotation; misquote
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("misquote" is a kind of...):
citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misquote ... he / she / it misquotes
Past simple: misquoted
Past participle: misquoted
-ing form: misquoting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quote incorrectly
Example:
He had misquoted the politician
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "misquote" is one way to...):
cite; quote (repeat a passage from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
misquotation (an incorrect quotation)
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