Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "misdefine" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MISDEFINE

misdefine  [ˌmɪsdɪˈfaɪn] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISDEFINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misdefine 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 misdefine in English.

WHAT DOES MISDEFINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misdefine in the English dictionary

The definition of misdefine in the dictionary is to define wrongly or badly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISDEFINE

PRESENT

Present
I misdefine
you misdefine
he/she/it misdefines
we misdefine
you misdefine
they misdefine
Present continuous
I am misdefining
you are misdefining
he/she/it is misdefining
we are misdefining
you are misdefining
they are misdefining
Present perfect
I have misdefined
you have misdefined
he/she/it has misdefined
we have misdefined
you have misdefined
they have misdefined
Present perfect continuous
I have been misdefining
you have been misdefining
he/she/it has been misdefining
we have been misdefining
you have been misdefining
they have been misdefining
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 misdefined
you misdefined
he/she/it misdefined
we misdefined
you misdefined
they misdefined
Past continuous
I was misdefining
you were misdefining
he/she/it was misdefining
we were misdefining
you were misdefining
they were misdefining
Past perfect
I had misdefined
you had misdefined
he/she/it had misdefined
we had misdefined
you had misdefined
they had misdefined
Past perfect continuous
I had been misdefining
you had been misdefining
he/she/it had been misdefining
we had been misdefining
you had been misdefining
they had been misdefining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misdefine
we let´s misdefine
you misdefine
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misdefine
Past participle
misdefined
Present Participle
misdefining
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 MISDEFINE


affine
ˈæfaɪn
confine
kənˈfaɪn
define
dɪˈfaɪn
didelphine
daɪˈdɛlfaɪn
elaphine
ˈɛləfaɪn
fine
faɪn
giraffine
dʒɪˈræfaɪn
overfine
ˌəʊvəˈfaɪn
overrefine
ˌəʊvərɪˈfaɪn
predefine
ˌpriːdɪˈfaɪn
reconfine
ˌriːkənˈfaɪn
redefine
ˌriːdɪˈfaɪn
refine
rɪˈfaɪn
superfine
ˌsuːpəˈfaɪn
superrefine
ˌsuːpərrɪˈfaɪn
sylphine
ˈsɪlfaɪn
tragelaphine
trəˈɡɛləˌfaɪn
ultrafine
ˈʌltrəˌfaɪn
unconfine
ˌʌnkənˈfaɪn
unfine
ʌnˈfaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISDEFINE

misdate
misdeal
misdealer
misdealt
misdeed
misdeem
misdeemful
misdemean
misdemeanant
misdemeanor
misdemeanour
misdescribe
misdescription
misdesert
misdevelop
misdevotion
misdiagnose
misdiagnoses
misdiagnosis
misdial

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISDEFINE

cuisine
cut it fine
determine
divine
eine
engine
genuine
hotline
imagine
in fine
ja well no fine
line
machine
magazine
olefine
on-the-spot fine
paraffine
parking fine
speeding fine
spot fine

Synonyms and antonyms of misdefine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misdefine» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MISDEFINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

misdefine
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misdefine
570 millions of speakers

English

misdefine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

misdefine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

misdefine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

misdefine
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mistifique
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

misdefine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

misdefine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Misdefine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

misdefine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

misdefine
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

misdefine
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misdefine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

misdefine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

misdefine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुकीचा अर्थ लावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

misdefine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misdefine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misdefine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

misdefine
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

misdefine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

misdefine
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misdefine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misdefine
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misdefine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misdefine

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISDEFINE»

The term «misdefine» is used very little and occupies the 156.250 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
27
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «misdefine» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of misdefine
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «misdefine».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISDEFINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misdefine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misdefine» 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 misdefine

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISDEFINE»

Discover the use of misdefine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misdefine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
LISP: a gentle introduction to symbolic computation
FOUR WAYS TO MISDEFINE A FUNCTION Beginning users of EVAL notation sometimes have trouble writing syntactically correct function definitions. Let's take a close look at a proper definition for the function INTRO: (DEFUN INTRO (X Y) ...
David S. Touretzky, 1984
2
When pregnancy fails: families coping with miscarriage, ...
Offers compassionate information and advice to families who experience the emotional trauma of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, and infant death
Susan Borg, Judith Lasker, 1988
3
Synonyms and Antonyms
To set limits to space, signification, rights, &c., for the sake of clearness. Syn. Mark out. Limit. Designate. Specify. Eliminate. Elucidate. Explain. Ant. Confound. Confuse. Obscure. Mystify. Misstate. Misconceive. Misconstrue. Misdefine. Definite ...
Charles John Smith, 1867
4
The Living Age ...
Most English dictionaries misdefine this word, which has two different significations ; one as a noun, the other as an adjective. In English literature, from Shakespeare's time downwards, it exists as an adjective only, and is held to mean ...
‎1870
5
Anti-Racism and Multiculturalism: Studies in International ...
This was most clearly demonstrated in the chapter by Müller, van Zoonen, and de Roode where they confront directly anti-racism's problem of tending to misdefine the sources of conflict. Their specific case study was Dutch football, with its ...
Mark D. Alleyne, 2011
6
Aristotle
Thus, to give lambda the title “philosophical theology” is not only to overrate it but to misdefine it as well. The book is not concerned with theology as such, but with ontology, natural philosophy, and cosmology. Although the theology is an ...
Otfried H ffe, 2012
7
How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature--Why ...
To think of the Law of Moses, therefore, in terms of modern law codes, like the Constitution of the United States, is to misdefine it and to misinterpret its intent. The same is true of each of the five genres treated in this book: historiography, ...
Steven L McKenzie, 2009
8
Jewcentricity: Why the Jews Are Praised, Blamed, and Used to ...
The reason at its essence is that the substitution of Holocaust-and-Redemption Judaism for the real thing, whether asserted with more chutzpah or not, induces Jews to misdefine their own identity. The only thing that makes Jewish peoplehood ...
Adam Garfinkle, 2009
9
sendmail
... `-DSM_CONF_SYS_CDEFS_H=1 ́) If you misdefine SM_CONF_SYS_CDEFS_H, you will see warnings, when building, about __P being defined multiple times. SM_CONF_SYSEXITS_H When porting, if the /usr/ include/sysexits.h file exists ...
Bryan Costales, Claus Assmann, George Jansen, 2007
10
Watching Race: Television and the Struggle for "Blackness"
... that "in Hungary, where things typically don't work, we managed to preserve something that is working." They may well deserve some credit, but they definitely misdefine what happened. The story 144 • Globalizing Art and Consumption.
Herman Gray, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISDEFINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misdefine is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wanted: Stratego Enthusiasts. Please Apply to the GOP.
... and conservative groups, to define and explain the planned legislation before the establishment media have a chance to misdefine them. «National Review Online, Mar 15»
2
Fort McMurray's Muslim community plans an ambitious, multicultural …
“They misdefine the word 'unity' to mean 'uniformity,'” he explains. “So, in other words, we have to eat the same, dress the same, talk the same, ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
3
Nonlethal Weapons: A Technological Gap Or Misdefined …
As shown, DOD Directive 3000.3E and the NLWRFS clearly misdefine the required NLW capabilities and mislead the development of future ... «Eurasia Review, Jan 15»
4
The Art of Giving and Receiving Advice
Or they may misdefine the problem by placing arbitrary boundaries around it and excluding important data, which skews their own and their advisers' ... «blogs.hbr.org, Dec 14»
5
RAHN: No government austerity, no gain
The word “austerity” should be dropped from the lips of government policymakers, because they both misdefine it and claim they have cut ... «Washington Times, Aug 14»
6
Lorde: Feminism Is 'Completely Natural,' 'Just Part Of Being A Girl'
... only distance themselves from the term but misdefine it -- opened up to Gevinson about how she connects to the concept, and why the social, ... «Huffington Post, Jan 14»
7
Monogamy Fulfills Eros
And it seems to me that Monogamy only kills Eros if you misdefine the terms as follows: Monogamy = Having sex with only one person. «Patheos, Nov 13»
8
Income in perspective: America's poor are among the world's wealthy
But a lot of folks, especially in upper-income categories, seem to misdefine "financially comfortable." So is more money desirable because we ... «OregonLive.com, Aug 12»
9
Chick-fil-A, the First Amendment, and the 'Tolerant' Fascism of the Left
When will the culture stop calling these power-abusing totalitarians “liberals.” They seem to never miss an opportunity to misdefine the term. «Health Care News, Jul 12»
10
Ga. Pastor Andy Stanley: Don't Settle for 'Christian'
And that's a word that's hard to dodge or misdefine, the pastor noted. Disciples follow the command to "love one another" as Jesus loved them, ... «Christian Post, Apr 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Misdefine [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/misdefine>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z