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mis·lead

(mĭs-lēd′)

tr.v. mis·led (-lĕd′), mis·lead·ing, mis·leads

1. To lead in the wrong direction.

2. To give a wrong impression or lead toward a wrong conclusion, especially by intentionally deceiving. See Synonyms at deceive.

mis·lead′er n.

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mislead

(mɪsˈliːd)

vb (tr) , -leads, -leading or -led

1. to give false or misleading information to

2. to lead or guide in the wrong direction

misˈleader n

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mis•lead

(mɪsˈlid)

v.t. -led, -lead•ing.

1. to lead or guide in the wrong direction.

2. to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment; lead astray.

[before 1050]

mis•lead′er, n.

mislead

Past participle: misled
Gerund: misleading

Imperative
mislead
mislead

Present
I mislead
you mislead
he/she/it misleads
we mislead
you mislead
they mislead

Preterite
I misled
you misled
he/she/it misled
we misled
you misled
they misled

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

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

Future
I will mislead
you will mislead
he/she/it will mislead
we will mislead
you will mislead
they will mislead

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 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

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

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

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

Conditional
I would mislead
you would mislead
he/she/it would mislead
we would mislead
you would mislead
they would mislead

Past Conditional
I would have misled
you would have misled
he/she/it would have misled
we would have misled
you would have misled
they would have misled

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Verb	1.	mislead - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" misguide, lead astray, misdirect lead, guide, take, conduct, direct - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
	2.	mislead - give false or misleading information to misinform inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" lie - tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate - be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" sandbag - downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

mislead

verb deceive, fool, delude, take someone in (informal), bluff, beguile, misdirect, misinform, hoodwink, lead astray, pull the wool over someone's eyes (informal), take someone for a ride (informal), misguide, give someone a bum steer (informal, chiefly U.S.) Ministers knowingly misled the public.

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mislead

verb

To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, take in, trick.

Informal: bamboozle, have.

Slang: four-flush.

Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

Translations

يُضَلِّل، يَخْدَع

mýlitoklamat

forledevildlede

in die Irre führentäuschen verleiten

johtaa harhaanvedättää

tromper

blekkja, villa um fyrir

fuorviare

klaidinantis

maldināt

villede

pomýliť

zapeljati

yanıltmak

使产生错误印象误导

mislead

[mɪsˈliːd] (misled (pt, pp)) VT

1. (= give wrong idea) → engañar
I wouldn't like to mislead you → no quisiera inducirle a error, no me gustaría que se hiciera una idea equivocada
I'm afraid you have been misled → me temo que le han dado una idea equivocada

2. (= misdirect) → despistar

3. (= lead into bad ways) → corromper

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mislead

[ˌmɪsˈliːd] [misled] (pt, pp) vt → induire en erreur
to mislead sb about sth → induire qn en erreur sur qch
to mislead sb deliberately → induire volontairement qn en erreur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mislead

pret, ptp <misled>

(= give wrong idea) → irreführen; you have been misled → Sie irren or täuschen sich, Sie befinden sich im Irrtum (form); don’t be misled by appearances → lassen Sie sich nicht durch Äußerlichkeiten täuschen; the ad misled me into thinking that … → die Anzeige ließ mich irrtümlicherweise annehmen, dass …

(= lead into bad ways) → verleiten (into zu)

(in guiding) → in die Irre or in die falsche Richtung führen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mislead

[ˌmɪsˈliːd] (misled (pt, pp)) vt → trarre in inganno, sviare
to mislead sb into thinking that ... → far credere a qn che..., indurre qn a credere che...

mislead

(misˈliːd) – past tense, past participle misˈled (-ˈled) – verb

to give a wrong idea to. Her friendly attitude misled me into thinking I could trust her.

misˈleading adjective

a misleading remark.

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