mislead
verb /ˌmɪsˈliːd/
/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mislead | /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ |
| he / she / it misleads | /ˌmɪsˈliːdz/ /ˌmɪsˈliːdz/ |
| past simple misled | /ˌmɪsˈled/ /ˌmɪsˈled/ |
| past participle misled | /ˌmɪsˈled/ /ˌmɪsˈled/ |
| -ing form misleading | /ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody the wrong idea or impression and make them believe something that is not true synonym deceive
- mislead (somebody) (about something) He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship.
- Statistics taken on their own are liable to mislead.
- Misleading the court in a trial is a serious offence.
- mislead somebody into doing something The company misled hundreds of people into investing their money unwisely.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2- She was accused of deliberately misleading Parliament.
- The House has been totally misled about this affair.
- They were naive and easily misled.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- seriously
- completely
- totally
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be liable to
- …
- about
- into