Definitions of misdirect [ˌmɪs dɪˈrɛkt]

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Definition of 'misdirect'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) misdirect
to direct, instruct, or address wrongly:
to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.

Etymology: (1595–1605)

Definition of 'misdirect'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

2. (verb) mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
"The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

3. (verb) misdirect, misaddress
put a wrong address on
"misdirect the letter"

Definition of 'misdirect'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) misdirect
to give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies

Translation of 'misdirect'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to direct wrongly She was misdirected, and ended up in the wrong street.
Afrikaans: op 'n dwaalspoor bring	Arabic: يُعَنْوِن	Bulgarian: подвеждам
Brazilian: informar mal	Czech: poslat nesprávným směrem	German: irreleiten
Danish: fejldirigere	Greek: δίνω λάθος κατεύθυνση	Spanish: orientar mal, informar ma
Estonian: eksiteele saatma	Farsi: راهنمایی غلط کردن	Finnish: ohjata harhaan
French: mal renseigner	Hebrew: לְהַפנוֹת לְיַעַד לא נָכו	Hindi: गलत रास्ता दिखाना
Croatian: krivo uputiti	Hungarian: félrevezet	Indonesian: keliru memberi tahu
Icelandic: segja skakkt til vegar	Italian: indirizzare male	Japanese: 指示を間違える
Korean: 잘못 안내하다	Lithuanian: nukreipti neteisinga link	Latvian: nepareizi norādīt
Malay: menyalaharahkan	Dutch: de verkeerde weg wijzen	Norwegian: vise gal vei, feildiriger
Polish: mylnie skierować	Persian: راهنمایی غلط کردن	Pashto: ناسم لارښونه كول
Portuguese: informar mal	Romanian: aîndruma greşit	Russian: неправильно направлять
Slovak: poslať nesprávnym smerom	Slovenian: napačno usmeriti	Serbian: loše uputiti
Swedish: miss-, vilseleda	Thai: ชี้แนะผิด	Turkish: yanlış yönlendirmek
Taiwanese: 誤引	Ukrainian: неправильно спрямовувати	Urdu: بھٹکانا
Vietnamese: chỉ dẫn sai	Chinese: 指错方向
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