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Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.
R. T. Rybak

Meaning of "misspeak" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISSPEAK

misspeak  [ˌmɪsˈspiːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISSPEAK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misspeak 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 misspeak in English.

WHAT DOES MISSPEAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misspeak in the English dictionary

The definition of misspeak in the dictionary is to speak incorrectly, improperly, or misleadingly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISSPEAK

PRESENT

Present
I misspeak
you misspeak
he/she/it misspeaks
we misspeak
you misspeak
they misspeak
Present continuous
I am misspeaking
you are misspeaking
he/she/it is misspeaking
we are misspeaking
you are misspeaking
they are misspeaking
Present perfect
I have misspoken
you have misspoken
he/she/it has misspoken
we have misspoken
you have misspoken
they have misspoken
Present perfect continuous
I have been misspeaking
you have been misspeaking
he/she/it has been misspeaking
we have been misspeaking
you have been misspeaking
they have been misspeaking
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 misspoke
you misspoke
he/she/it misspoke
we misspoke
you misspoke
they misspoke
Past continuous
I was misspeaking
you were misspeaking
he/she/it was misspeaking
we were misspeaking
you were misspeaking
they were misspeaking
Past perfect
I had misspoken
you had misspoken
he/she/it had misspoken
we had misspoken
you had misspoken
they had misspoken
Past perfect continuous
I had been misspeaking
you had been misspeaking
he/she/it had been misspeaking
we had been misspeaking
you had been misspeaking
they had been misspeaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misspeak
we let´s misspeak
you misspeak
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misspeak
Past participle
misspoken
Present Participle
misspeaking
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 MISSPEAK


adspeak
ˈædspiːk
bespeak
bɪˈspiːk
diplospeak
ˈdɪpləʊˌspiːk
doublespeak
ˈdʌbəlˌspiːk
forespeak
fɔːˈspiːk
forspeak
fɔːˈspiːk
geekspeak
ˈɡiːkˌspiːk
greenspeak
ˈɡriːnˌspiːk
leetspeak
ˈliːtˌspiːk
netspeak
ˈnɛtˌspiːk
newspeak
ˈnjuːˌspiːk
outspeak
ˌaʊtˈspiːk
respeak
riːˈspiːk
seaspeak
ˈsiːˌspiːk
speak
spiːk
spec.
spiːk
technospeak
ˈtɛknəʊˌspiːk
unbespeak
ˌʌnbɪˈspiːk
unspeak
ʌnˈspiːk
upspeak
ʌpˈspiːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISSPEAK

missive
Missolonghi
missort
missound
Missouri
Missourian
missout
misspell
misspelling
misspelt
misspend
misspender
misspent
misstart
misstate
misstatement
missteer
misstep

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISSPEAK

afterpeak
apeak
break
forepeak
freak
jailbreak
leak
losing streak
nonpeak
off-peak
outbreak
peak
pyramidal peak
sneak
so to speak
steak
streak
teak
weak
widow´s peak

Synonyms and antonyms of misspeak in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misspeak» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISSPEAK

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

Translator English - Chinese

说错话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misspeak
570 millions of speakers

English

misspeak
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

misspeak
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بمعلومات غير صحيحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

misspeak
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

misspeak
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

misspeak
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

misspeak
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Misspeak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

misspeak
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

misspeak
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

misspeak
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misspeak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

misspeak
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिस्पीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

misspeak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misspeak
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misspeak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

misspeak
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

misspeak
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάθος νωρίτερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkeerd uitgedruk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misspeak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misspeak
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misspeak

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISSPEAK»

The term «misspeak» is normally little used and occupies the 130.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISSPEAK» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «MISSPEAK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misspeak.
1
R. T. Rybak
Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISSPEAK»

Discover the use of misspeak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misspeak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Presidential MisSpeak: The Veryu Curious Language of George ...
Volume 2 in the Smash Best-Selling Presidential (Mis) Speak Series delivers Over 300 brand new Oratorical Manglings from America's language-challenged president.
Robert S. Brown, 2003
2
Divine Signs: Connecting Spirit to Community
One can misspeak just as one can misspell, perhaps more easily so. To misspeak can mean simply to say the wrong thing, use the wrong word as one might use the wrong letter in a misspelled word. But as we have seen, to misspeak can ...
H. Lloyd Goodall, 1996
3
Views from a Hermitage: Theological Reflections on Religion ...
Misspeak? (September 18,2006) The furor that has erupted over Pope Benedict's September 12 homecoming talk at the University of Regensburg, where he once taught theology, should remind us — as well as the pope — of a number of ...
Richard W. Kropf, 2008
4
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Misspeak not all for hlramlu; there bin that keepen flocks, That never chose but once, nor yet beguiled love with mocks. Peek, Arraignment of Paris, ill. 1. misspeakert (mis-spe'ker), n. [< ME. mis- speker; < misspeak + -er1.] One who speaks ...
‎1911
5
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
MISSOURIS, a nation of N. American Indians, who inhabit the banks of the above river, and have about if oo warriors. (i.) * To MISSPEAK, v. a. [mis and speak.]To speak wrong. — A mother delights to hear Her early child misspeak half utter'd ...
‎1816
6
Towel Snapping the Press: Bush's Journey from Locker-room ...
If he would misspeak, so what? We were probably doing the same. It wasn't that big a deal."15 Galloway compared reporting the misstatements to catching a public figure in an embarrassing moment on television. It might be funny, but ...
James E. Mueller, 2006
7
Blood Magic
This caused me to misspeak, since my attention is somewhat divided. I'm monitoring several minds while watching for the sorcerer and the Chimei. Lily suspected “misspeak” was the dragon version of “I was wrong.” “What did you misspeak ...
Eileen Wilks, 2010
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
MISSOURIS, a nation of N American Indians, who inhabit the banks of the above river, and have about i;oo warriors, (i0 * To MISSPEAK, v. a. [mis and speak.] To speak wrong. — A mother delights to hear Her early child misspeak half utter'd ...
‎1816
9
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction
... worried me was the MisSpeak. There is no one in the world more helpless than a man full of MisSpeak, certain that he knows the secrets of the universe, trying in vain to communicate them. We hadn't used it yet, but it was Nick O'Donohoe.
Nancy Farmer, Sharyn November, 2009
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
misspeak usedrenexively: as,lmisspoke myself. [Colloq.] — 3f. To blame or calumniate. Davies. Misspeak not all for hir amiss; there bin that keepen flocks, That never chose butonce,noryet beguiled lovewlth mocks. Peele, Arraignment of Fans, ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISSPEAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misspeak is used in the context of the following news items.
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This New NSFW 'Vacation' Trailer Is Naughtiest Yet
Toxic mud baths, sexual misspeak, and more is in store when Vacation parks its turquoise Tartan Prancer in theaters on July 29. Tumblr. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
10 Ways to Fix America's Ailing State Department
Poorly prepared principals can misspeak with foreign diplomats or in statements to the press, with regrettable consequences. More often ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
3
Donald Trump didn't apologize to John McCain. Because, of course …
The sort of people who misspeak and then try to clean up their messes are the very people that Trump derides -- and that he believes the public ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Giving daily meaning to T&T anthem hope
But then, Health Minister Fuad Khan lamentably opened his mouth on the subject, only to misspeak, to no good effect. Until then, few doubts ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
5
An anti-antidisestablishmentarian goes into a bar - -
OOPS. Did I just misspeak? I had to send this out by e-mail, so by now the DHS supercomputers are probably all ears. Or maybe Media Matters. «RenewAmerica, Jul 15»
6
Canadian politicians who 'misspoke' and backtracked
Young isn't the first politician — and certainly won't be the last — to "misspeak," a handy term that is often found in an ensuing apology. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
7
Politix Update: The Bernie Sanders Effect & Return Of Opus The …
Jeb! did not misspeak, as his handlers disingenuously claimed, when he unwisely wagged a privileged finger at Americans and told them they ... «The Moderate Voice, Jul 15»
8
Editorial: Europe's black list and FATCA
Perhaps there was motive other than bureaucratic misspeak for this potentially harmful European blunder. We hope not. Yet, it is a warning to a ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
9
Miss Louisiana's myriad accomplishments, Puerto Rican heritage …
And sometimes people misspeak,” she said, though Trump has largely stood by his comments. “He's a politician and, hey, it's politics at its finest ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
10
Celebrities use fame as a free pass
Clinton later conceded she “did misspeak”. But it was much more than that – she was prepared to publicly lie to gain an advantage and her ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»

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