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mispronounce
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Word definitions for mispronounce in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. pronounce a word incorrectly
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from mis- (1) + pronounce . Related: Mispronounced ; mispronouncing .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mispronounce \Mis`pro*nounce"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Mispronounced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mispronouncing .] To pronounce incorrectly.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Their high voices squealing with delight when Carla mispronounced some word they coaxed her to repeat. ▪ Um, if I mispronounce your name, I am terribly sorry. ▪ What's more, were I sure I was mispronouncing, I might not have ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly.
Usage examples of mispronounce.
His concentration was broken, and he mispronounced the third word in the second line.
Dimma mispronounced the second to last word of the spell that would have made him whole.
Show me how to get back to it 1 But the moment passed as quickly as the end to the scene, and she chastened herself for failing back into self-pity- Instead, she returned her attention to the stage and decided to enjoy every mispronounced line.
Was amazed to note that all Indian names were mispronounced, and grossly mispronounced -- e.
The priest stammered over the Latin words and mispronounced them horribly.
They travelled in silence for five minutes or so while Sappha picked out the route, mispronouncing the names of the towns most abominably and then struggling to get them right when he corrected her.
Zed had stopped him just before he insulted them both by mispronouncing their names.
He read from it, stumbling over the words and mispronouncing them like a schoolboy, his English only barely intelligible.
The Hrrubans burst into a purring laugh as Toddy corrected himself on some mispronounced word.
So his paycheck was like their total float, and his weekend binges with the glass pipe caused them no end of Financial Insecurity, which he mispronounces.
He mispronounces a few words -just a couple, actually, and only a trained ear would catch them.
Odd, but as soon as Calum made the mention that she was speaking Gaelic, she started tripping over her words and mispronouncing something fierce.
Even her customers were subjected to readings and were filled with admiration for Mama, who had a strikingly imaginative way of mispronouncing the technical terms.
Jessie was referring to Satan, but never having read the unfamiliar name before, he was mispronouncing it as “Satin,” like the fabric.
She seems fairly sloshed throughout the film, frequently mumbling or mispronouncing lines, totally garbling Spanish phrases, and querulously complaining that the words she's been told to recite don't make any sense.