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mishear

2 syllables
verb
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As a verb, mishear means hear wrongly.

Meanings of mishear

2 meanings

verb

  1. To hear wrongly.

    “I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.”

  2. To misunderstand.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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