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MISDATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misdate mean?
• MISDATE (verb)
The verb MISDATE has 1 sense:
1. assign the wrong date to
Familiarity information: MISDATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they misdate ... he / she / it misdates
Past simple: misdated
Past participle: misdated
-ing form: misdating
... he / she / it misdates Past simple: misdated
Past participle: misdated
-ing form: misdating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assign the wrong date to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "misdate" is one way to...):
date (assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misdating (something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred)
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