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mislead

To give someone wrong information on purpose.

Meaning of «mislead»

verb

to give someone wrong information on purpose

The company tried to mislead customers about the product's safety.

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The difference between similar words

make someone believe something false
misleadgive a wrong idea, even if not on purposeThe advert misled many customers.
deceivelie or hide the truth on purposeHe deceived his friends about his past.
trickfool someone with a clever planThey tricked me into paying twice.

Word family

lead B1 · verbleader B1 · nounleadership B2 · nounleading B1 · adjectivemislead B1 · verbmisleading B1 · adjective

Verb forms

Base form (V1)mislead
Past simple (V2)misled
Past participle (V3)misled

Base form (V1)
Do not mislead people with wrong facts.

Past simple (V2)
He misled us about the price of the car.

Past participle (V3)
The advert has misled many customers.

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