"misplace" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈpleɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misplace.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misplaces [present, singular, third-person], misplacing [participle, present], misplaced [participle, past], misplaced [past]
Rhymes: -eɪs Etymology: mis- + place Etymology templates: {{prefix|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 (Chinese Mandarin), 搁忘 (gēwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤放 (Chinese Mandarin), 误放 (wùfàng) (Chinese Mandarin), coytmaq (Crimean Tatar), 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), 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 (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-misplace-en-verb-wc~fhWu3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of 'to put something somewhere and then forget its location': 78 1 21
  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- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 50 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of "to apply one's talents inappropriately": 2 97 1
  3. To put something in the wrong location.
    Sense id: en-misplace-en-verb-JamWioVu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 38 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mislay

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
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          "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
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          "roman": "zaterjátʹ",
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          "_dis1": "78 1 21",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
          "word": "extraviar"
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      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "verlegen"
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      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elkever"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
      "word": "elkeveredik nála"
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      "sense": "to put something somewhere and then forget its location",
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      "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": "Venetian",
      "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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