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The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing.
Mitch Daniels

Meaning of "mislead" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISLEAD

mislead  [mɪsˈliːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISLEAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mislead is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mislead in English.

WHAT DOES MISLEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mislead

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of mislead in the English dictionary

The definition of mislead in the dictionary is to give false or misleading information to. Other definition of mislead is to lead or guide in the wrong direction.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISLEAD

PRESENT

Present
I mislead
you mislead
he/she/it misleads
we mislead
you mislead
they mislead
Present continuous
I am misleading
you are misleading
he/she/it is misleading
we are misleading
you are misleading
they are misleading
Present perfect
I have misled
you have misled
he/she/it has misled
we have misled
you have misled
they have misled
Present perfect continuous
I have been misleading
you have been misleading
he/she/it has been misleading
we have been misleading
you have been misleading
they have been misleading
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I misled
you misled
he/she/it misled
we misled
you misled
they misled
Past continuous
I was misleading
you were misleading
he/she/it was misleading
we were misleading
you were misleading
they were misleading
Past perfect
I had misled
you had misled
he/she/it had misled
we had misled
you had misled
they had misled
Past perfect continuous
I had been misleading
you had been misleading
he/she/it had been misleading
we had been misleading
you had been misleading
they had been misleading
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mislead
you will mislead
he/she/it will mislead
we will mislead
you will mislead
they will mislead
Future continuous
I will be misleading
you will be misleading
he/she/it will be misleading
we will be misleading
you will be misleading
they will be misleading
Future perfect
I will have misled
you will have misled
he/she/it will have misled
we will have misled
you will have misled
they will have misled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misleading
you will have been misleading
he/she/it will have been misleading
we will have been misleading
you will have been misleading
they will have been misleading
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mislead
you would mislead
he/she/it would mislead
we would mislead
you would mislead
they would mislead
Conditional continuous
I would be misleading
you would be misleading
he/she/it would be misleading
we would be misleading
you would be misleading
they would be misleading
Conditional perfect
I would have mislead
you would have mislead
he/she/it would have mislead
we would have mislead
you would have mislead
they would have mislead
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misleading
you would have been misleading
he/she/it would have been misleading
we would have been misleading
you would have been misleading
they would have been misleading
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mislead
we let´s mislead
you mislead
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mislead
Past participle
misled
Present Participle
misleading
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISLEAD


bleed
bliːd
cheerlead
ˈtʃɪərˌliːd
colead
ˌkəʊˈliːd
counterplead
ˌkaʊntəˈpliːd
fairlead
ˈfɛəˌliːd
glede
ɡliːd
gleed
ɡliːd
implead
ɪmˈpliːd
interplead
ˌɪntəˈpliːd
invalid
ˈɪnvəˌliːd
isolead
ˈaɪsəˌliːd
kaylied
ˈkeɪliːd
lead
liːd
lied
liːd
misplead
mɪsˈpliːd
nosebleed
ˈnəʊzˌbliːd
outlead
ˌaʊtˈliːd
plead
pliːd
replead
riːˈpliːd
uplead
ʌpˈliːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISLEAD

mislabel
mislaid
mislay
mislayer
misleader
misleading
misleadingly
misleared
mislearn
misled
mislie
mislight
mislike
misliker
mislippen
mislive
mislocate
mislocation
mislodge
misluck

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISLEAD

balm of Gilead
black lead
blacklead
delead
extension lead
Gilead
jumper lead
red lead
romantic lead
sounding lead
sugar of lead
swing the lead
tetraethyl lead
tetramethyl lead
unlead
white lead

Synonyms and antonyms of mislead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISLEAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mislead» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mislead

Translation of «mislead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISLEAD

Find out the translation of mislead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mislead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mislead» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

误导
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engañar
570 millions of speakers

English

mislead
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुमराह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تضليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вводить в заблуждение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

induzir ao erro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভুল পথে চালিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

induire en erreur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengelirukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irreführen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誤解を与える
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오도하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mislead
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh lừa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिशाभूल करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış yönlendirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fuorviare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wprowadzać w błąd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вводити в оману
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

induce în eroare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραπλανήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mislei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

villede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mislead

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISLEAD»

The term «mislead» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISLEAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mislead» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mislead» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mislead

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10 QUOTES WITH «MISLEAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mislead.
1
James Blunt
I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyone. I've had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.
2
Sherrod Brown
We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking they have unlimited time to reach a settlement. The longer they think that, the less likely they will be to act.
3
Mitch Daniels
The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing.
4
James E. Faust
When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.
5
Bob Filner
However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.
6
Martin Gore
When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.
7
Trey Gowdy
When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.
8
Stonewall Jackson
Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.
9
Dorothy L. Sayers
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.
10
Eric Schlosser
The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISLEAD»

Discover the use of mislead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mislead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and ...
While the public is being misled, real problems go unaddressed and resources are wasted on misguided ideas.In an increasingly complex world, where accurate and unbiased information is more important than ever, this book provides a timely ...
Benjamin Radford, 2003
2
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
There are five cheap, easy things we can do to fix the problem. Bad Pharma takes a big dirty secret out into the open, and will provide a single focus for concerns people have both inside and outside medicine.
Ben Goldacre, 2013
3
Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real ...
Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins. "Reinventing Jesus puts top-flight scholarship on the bottom shelf. . .
J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, Daniel B. Wallace
4
Assumptions Can Mislead
This book is based on stunning true stories about people of all ages in a wide variety of situations. The stories illustrate how unrecognized, incorrect assumptions can cause mistakes, misunderstandings, and tragic outcomes.
M. C. DYE, 2013
5
Nutrigenetic Testing: Tests Purchased from Four Web Sites ...
NUTRIGENETIC. TESTING. Tests. Purchased. from. Four. Web. Sites. Mislead. Consumers. Why. GAO. Did. This. Study. Scientists increasingly believe that most , if not all, diseases have a genetic component Consequently, genetic testing is ...
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6
Readability of Quarterly Reports: Do Companies Mislead ...
Bernhard Stellner. Bernhard Stellner Readability of Quarterly Reports Do companies mislead investors? Anchor Academic Publishing Stellner, Bernhard: Readability of Quarterly Reports. Do companies mislead investors?,
Bernhard Stellner, 2013
7
Playing With the Numbers: How So-Called Experts Mislead Us ...
-- Why government accounting seems so mixed up? -- Why globalism makes workers and the environment suffer? -- Why elections have become so expensive and campaigns so corrupt? you will find clarification in Playing with the Numbers.
Richard A. Stimson, 1999
8
Let No One Mislead You: Discovering the Biblical Truth Left ...
"LET NO ONE MISLEAD YOU" "The end is near " The words reverberate unceasingly from the resonating radio voices and best-selling books of today's popular end-time prophecy "experts.
John M. Buttry, 2004
9
Drugging America: A Trojan Horse, 2nd Ed.
Title 18 U.S.C. § 1515 (a)(3)(C). With intent to mislead, knowingly submitting or inviting reliance on a writing that is false or otherwise lacking in authenticity.79 Same as other section 1515 violations. Title 18 U.S.C. § 1515 (a)(3)(D). With intent ...
Rodney Stich, 2005
10
The 1993-1994 Debate on Health Care Reform: Did the Polls ...
This book brings together public opinion results on the 1994-1994 health care reform debates.
Karlyn H. Bowman, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISLEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mislead is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Don't mislead someone who cares for you: Ellie
It's a basic rule of dating and decency: don't mislead someone who cares for you. Confused Dater. Ellie chats at noon Wednesdays, ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
White woman who posed as black professor: 'I didn't mislead …
I'm still unclear as to why it's OK for Bruce Jenner to declare he's a woman but it's not OK for Rachel Dolezal to declare she's black. In today's ... «The College Fix, Jul 15»
3
Rachel Dolezal: 'I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody'
“I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody,” Dolezal told Vanity Fair. “If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
4
Bhopal man banks on wife's cancer to mislead consumer court
BHOPAL: A doctor from Vivekanand Regional Spine Centre, Bhopal, who was dragged to consumer court for medical negligence was ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Supermarket pricing can confuse and mislead shoppers - and …
While these problems did not occur in large numbers across the sector, there were still areas of poor practice that could confuse or mislead ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
6
Sanral - No Intention to Mislead Public With Ad
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Monday that it did not intend to mislead the public, after the Advertising ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Sanral adverts did not aim to mislead
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) disagrees with the ruling of Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa's ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
8
Report shows how Israel attempts to mislead the UN against PRC
This brief study titled How Israel attempts to mislead the United Nations: Deconstructing Israel's campaign against the Palestinian Return ... «Palestine News Network, Jul 15»
9
We did not mislead people about e-tolls: Sanral
The South African National Roads Agency said its e-toll advertisement is not misleading, and it disagrees with the ASA ruling which found that ... «MyBroadband, Jul 15»
10
Government denies it 'mislead' voters over rail improvements
Ministers are accused of "cynically" hiding delays to major rail improvement programmes from voters during the general election campaign. «ITV News, Jul 15»

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