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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Misdirect \Mis`di*rect"\, v. t.
     To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger,
     or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. --Shenstone.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Misdirect \Mis`di*rect"\, v. t.
     To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger,
     or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. --Shenstone.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  misdirect
       v 1: 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" [syn: corrupt,
             pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,
             debase, profane, vitiate, deprave]
       2: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
          directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
          driver" [syn: mislead, misguide, lead astray]
       3: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn: misaddress]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  misdirect
     vb.
     To direct something wrongly

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  misdirect
     vb.
     To direct something wrongly

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  misdirect
     vb.
     To direct something wrongly

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  misdirect
     vb.
     To direct something wrongly

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Misdirect /mɪsdaɪɹˈɛkt/
  ضلّل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  misdirect /mɪsdaɪɹˈɛkt/
  uvést v omyl

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  misdirect /mɪsdaɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  1. गलत रास्ता दिखाना
        "How can a teacher misdirect children."

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  misdirect /ˌmɪsdɪˈrekt/ 
    źle kierować

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  misdirect /mɪsdaɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. yanlış salık vermek, yanlış yola sevketmek, yanltmak, yanlış yol göstermek, yanlış tarif etmek. misdirection  yanlış salık verme, yanıltma.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/mɪsdɪˈɹɛkt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "misdirect":
     be negligent, bias, bowl a googly, color, corrupt, garble,
     lead astray, maladminister, misaddress, misadminister, misadvise,
     misconduct, misconstrue, miseducate, misgovern, misguide,
     mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, misinterpret, mislead,
     mismanage, misrender, misrepresent, misrule, misteach, misuse,
     mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert, slant, strain, throw a curve,
     torture, varnish

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vt. 误导,写错地址

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