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PRONUNCIATION OF MISLAY

mislay  [mɪsˈleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISLAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mislay 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 mislay in English.

WHAT DOES MISLAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mislay in the English dictionary

The definition of mislay in the dictionary is to lose temporarily, esp by forgetting where it is. Other definition of mislay is to lay badly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISLAY

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mislay
we let´s mislay
you mislay
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mislay
Past participle
mislaid
Present Participle
mislaying
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 MISLAY


alay
əˈleɪ
allay
əˈleɪ
belay
bɪˈleɪ
brise-soleil
ˌbriːzsəʊˈleɪ
Brule
bruːˈleɪ
cabriolet
ˌkæbrɪəʊˈleɪ
cassoulet
ˌkæsəˈleɪ
delay
dɪˈleɪ
gelee
ʒəˈleɪ
gilet
dʒɪˈleɪ
inlay
ɪnˈleɪ
Malay
məˈleɪ
Mandalay
ˌmændəˈleɪ
Millay
mɪˈleɪ
overlay
ˌəʊvəˈleɪ
palay
pæˈleɪ
underlay
ˌʌndəˈleɪ
unlay
ʌnˈleɪ
uplay
ʌpˈleɪ
waylay
weɪˈleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISLAY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISLAY

airplay
Barclay
child´s play
clay
cosplay
display
fair play
foreplay
gameplay
interplay
Islay
lay
outlay
play
plug and play
relay
replay
role-play
screenplay
slay

Synonyms and antonyms of mislay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISLAY»

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

Translation of «mislay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISLAY

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

Translator English - Chinese

放错地方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extraviar
570 millions of speakers

English

mislay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंवाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُضَيِّعُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

положить не на место
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extraviar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্থানে রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

égarer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesilapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

置き忘れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘못 놓다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mislay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để thất lạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुकीची दिशा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış yere koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smarrire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podziać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

покласти не на місце
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a rătăci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χάνω κάτι προσωρινά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkeerde plek sit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förlägga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forlegge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mislay

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISLAY»

The term «mislay» is regularly used and occupies the 89.403 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISLAY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISLAY»

Discover the use of mislay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mislay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I mislay have mislaid mislaid had mislaid you mislay have mislaid mislaid had mislaid he/she/it mislays has mislaid mislaid had mislaid we mislay have mislaid  ...
TZ-one, 2013
2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... skepticism, »uncertainty: »fear, alarm, dread, fright mishap l »misfortune, mischance, adversity 2 »accident, casualty Ana »misfortune, mischance: » disaster, calamity: »chance, fortune, hap, hazard mislay »misplace mislead delude, beguile, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
3
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Mislay'er (j. from mislay) One that mislays. Mislay'ing (p. a. from mislay) Laying in a wrong place. Mis'Ie (v. int. from mist) To rain in very finall drops. Grcr, Mislea'd ( v. t. from mis, and lead) To guide a wrong way, to lead into an error. Mislead' er ...
John Ash, 1775
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Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 3, ...
When placed in these frames, the verbs mislay and hide show complementary acceptability patterns. In this way each verb is shown to incorporate the one but not the other of the two causation types tested for: (51) a. I accidentally mislaid/* hid ...
Timothy Shopen, 2007
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A Phraseological Dictionary of Commercial Correspondence in ...
MISLAY, TO. It has been mislaid, and cannot be found notwithstanding all our searching. MISLEAD, TO. 'The wording ofyour letter will niislead him. 2Do not allow yourself to be misled by such proniises. * We do not wish to mislead you.
Charles Scholl, George Macaulay, Louis Deglatigny, 1891
6
Laboratory Phonology 7
For example, insofar as the word mislay is decomposed, it would be more influenced by lay (predicting a well-voiced /l/) than by sleigh (predicting a largely devoiced /I/). This prediction follows because mislay activates lay, which would then ...
Carlos Gussenhoven, Natasha Warner, 2002
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Chambers School Dictionary
... unlucky accident misinform verb to inform wrongly misinterpret verb to interpret wrongly misjudge verMo judge unfairly or wrongly mislay verb to put (something) aside and forget where it is; lose | mislay ▻ mislays, mislay/ng, mislaid mislead ...
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
mislay. to mislay s.th. abhanden: jm. abhanden kommen gehen: er S. verlustig gehen versaubeuteln: etw. versaubeuteln. mislead. to misleads.o. Fährte:jn. auf eine/diefalsche Fährte führen/locken irreführen: jn. irreführen irreleiten: jn. irreleiten ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
9
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
The Catholics, Lutherans, and Greeks have their own churches; the Jews a synagogue; and the Minorites a monastery. There are no extensive manufacturing establishments. It is thirty-three miles west of Tokay. MISLAY', v. o.l Mis and lay.
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
10
The Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
mislay missive misapprehend, misunderstand, prejudge, misconceive, blunder, misconstrue, misinterpret. mislay v. misplace, lose, forget, miss, displace. ant. find , locate, retain, place, keep. mislead v. misguide, misdirect, misinform, deceive, ...
Sidney L. Landau, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISLAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mislay is used in the context of the following news items.
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iFixit dissects GoPro hero4 session to reveal Its innards and show …
However, there is a rubber covering that a group detected is scarcely unfit to mislay and given meddling during covers did not help, a guys ... «Empire State Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Madrid court rejects Bárcenas demand to be reinstated as PP …
Spanish courts mislay Bárcenas documentation 15 months of investigation into wiped hard discs disappears without trace in MadridThe ... «Spanish News Today, Jul 15»
3
Lowering Hotel Operating Costs – There is a Gold Mine Surrounding …
By creation this information a partial of a questionnaire, we mislay a intensity annoyance that could obviate many staff members from ... «HeartZine, Jul 15»
4
Making their mark: 35 Women Under 35 2015
Finally due to an oversight - somebody chose to chuck them in a skip - we have managed to mislay all our back copies of MT between 2006 ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
5
GWYNNE DYER Cartoons of Muhammad used for political purposes
The broadcast was supposed to go out in the Netherlands on Saturday, but somebody at the NPO1 television network managed to mislay the ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 15»
6
Cartoons of Muhammad again
The broadcast was supposed to go out in the Netherlands on Saturday, but somebody at the NPO1 television network managed to mislay the ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jun 15»
7
Dutch fanatic feeds us a diet of anti-Islam lies
The broadcast was supposed to go out in the Netherlands on Saturday, but somebody at the NPO1 TV network managed to mislay the tape ... «Lakeshore Advance, Jun 15»
8
East Sussex patient details found on USB stick
Mel said: “I am baffled someone could mislay such information like this. How could this even happen? “If information about me had been on that ... «Bexhill Observer, Jun 15»
9
For a few dollars more, steal this Picasso
So major artworks frequently reside in the homes of the very rich or museums where some butterfingers might mislay a Rembrandt. That's why ... «BizNews, Jun 15»
10
Sportswriter and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University …
Some shocks are so unexpected, so outrageous, even the wisest Poms, you'll discover, can mislay their perspective, bearings and marbles (as ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»

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