mishear
verb /ˌmɪsˈhɪə(r)/
/ˌmɪsˈhɪr/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mishear | /ˌmɪsˈhɪə(r)/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪr/ |
| he / she / it mishears | /ˌmɪsˈhɪəz/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪrz/ |
| past simple misheard | /ˌmɪsˈhɜːd/ /ˌmɪsˈhɜːrd/ |
| past participle misheard | /ˌmɪsˈhɜːd/ /ˌmɪsˈhɜːrd/ |
| -ing form mishearing | /ˌmɪsˈhɪərɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈhɪrɪŋ/ |
- mishear (somebody) | mishear what… to fail to hear correctly what somebody says, so that you think they said something else
- You may have misheard her—I'm sure she didn't mean that.
- I thought he said he was coming today, but I must have misheard.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMishear is used with these nouns as the object:- word