"misplace" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /mɪsˈpleɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplace.wav Forms: misplaces [present, singular, third-person], misplacing [participle, present], misplaced [participle, past], misplaced [past]
Rhymes: -eɪs Etymology: From mis- + place. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mis-|place}} mis- + place Head templates: {{en-verb}} misplace (third-person singular simple present misplaces, present participle misplacing, simple past and past participle misplaced)
  1. (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay. Tags: transitive Translations (to put something somewhere and then forget its location): ضيع (ḍayyaʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), забутвам (zabutvam) (Bulgarian), perdre (Catalan), 擱忘 /搁忘 (gēwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤放 /误放 (wùfàng) (Chinese Mandarin), coytmaq (Crimean Tatar), založit [perfective] (Czech), zašantročit [perfective] (Czech), misleggen [Belgium] (Dutch), kadottaa (Finnish), hukata (Finnish), égarer (French), verlegen (German), elkever (Hungarian), elhány (Hungarian), elkeveredik nála (Hungarian), elhagy (Hungarian), elveszít (Hungarian), elszór (Hungarian), smarrire (Italian), 置き忘れる (okiwasureru) (alt: おきわすれる) (Japanese), thāngvā (Khiamniungan Naga), āmittō (Latin), forlegge (Norwegian), zgubić [perfective] (Polish), zagubić [perfective] (Polish), zapodziać [perfective] (Polish), perder (Portuguese), заложи́ть (založítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), затеря́ть (zaterjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), засу́нуть (zasúnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), extraviar (Spanish), traspapelar (Spanish), förlägga (Swedish), گمانا (gumānā) (Urdu), گَن٘وانا (ganvānā) (Urdu), pèrdar (Venetan)
    Sense id: en-misplace-en-verb-wc~fhWu3 Disambiguation of 'to put something somewhere and then forget its location': 77 1 22
  2. (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately. Tags: figuratively Translations (to apply one's talents inappropriately): misforstå (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-misplace-en-verb-1XwHr7Jg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 70 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 27 46 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 78 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 70 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 72 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 23 64 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 68 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 23 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 72 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 77 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 71 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 72 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 66 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 73 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 76 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 13 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 9 83 8 Disambiguation of "to apply one's talents inappropriately": 1 98 1
  3. To put something in the wrong location.
    Sense id: en-misplace-en-verb-JamWioVu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mislay

Inflected forms

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          "text": "At least once a week a patient will come into Dr. Thomas Loepfe’s busy geriatric clinic in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, with a worry. She will tell him she’s been misplacing her glasses lately, or he’ll say he’s concerned about losing the car keys.",
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          "ref": "2019 November 25, Jason Cipriani, “Tile’s Slim and Sticker trackers are affordable and provide peace of mind”, in CNN:",
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        "(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay."
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          "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
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          "_dis1": "77 1 22",
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          "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
          "word": "extraviar"
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          "_dis1": "77 1 22",
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      "expansion": "mis- + place",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + place.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misplaces",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplacing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplaced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplaced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "misplace (third-person singular simple present misplaces, present participle misplacing, simple past and past participle misplaced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 September 24, Jen Christensen, “Early memory lapses may be sign of dementia”, in CNN:",
          "text": "At least once a week a patient will come into Dr. Thomas Loepfe’s busy geriatric clinic in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, with a worry. She will tell him she’s been misplacing her glasses lately, or he’ll say he’s concerned about losing the car keys.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 November 27, Meadow Schroeder, “Signs of ADHD can be different in girls”, in CNN:",
          "text": "She misplaces her things regularly (for example her phone, keys or bank card).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 25, Jason Cipriani, “Tile’s Slim and Sticker trackers are affordable and provide peace of mind”, in CNN:",
          "text": "I misplace my keys or wallet on a daily basis. Sometimes multiple times a day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "somewhere",
          "somewhere"
        ],
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ],
        [
          "mislay",
          "mislay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 June 16, Senay Boztas, “‘The brain is very vulnerable’: Dutch cyclists urged to wear helmets as road deaths rise”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Bart Groothuijze, who runs the Castodian foundation promoting safer motorbiking, blames a misplaced sense of freedom and vanity.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply one's talents inappropriately."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apply",
          "apply"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1808, R.s. Skillern, A New System of English Grammar, page 128:",
          "text": "Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put something in the wrong location."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪsˈpleɪs/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mislay"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍayyaʕ",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ضيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabutvam",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "забутвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "perdre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēwàng",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "擱忘 /搁忘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùfàng",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "誤放 /误放"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "coytmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "založit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zašantročit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ],
      "word": "misleggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "kadottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "hukata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "égarer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "verlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elkever"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elhány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elkeveredik nála"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elhagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elveszít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elszór"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "smarrire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おきわすれる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okiwasureru",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "置き忘れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "thāngvā"
    },
    {
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "thāngvā"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "āmittō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "forlegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zgubić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zagubić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapodziać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "perder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "založítʹ",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaterjátʹ",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затеря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasúnutʹ",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "засу́нуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "extraviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "traspapelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "förlägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gumānā",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "گمانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ganvānā",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "گَن٘وانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "pèrdar"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to apply one's talents inappropriately",
      "word": "misforstå"
    }
  ],
  "word": "misplace"
}

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