mislead

mislead
verb
ADVERB
seriously
completely, totally
actively (esp. BrE), deliberately, intentionally

She was accused of deliberately misleading the commission.

allegedly
easily

They were naive and easily misled.

VERB + MISLEAD
attempt to, try to
be liable to (esp. BrE)

Statistics taken on their own are liable to mislead.

PREPOSITION
about

The House has been totally misled about this affair.

into

The company misled hundreds of people into investing their money unwisely.

Mislead is used with these nouns as the object: ↑parliament, ↑press, ↑public, ↑stockholder

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • Mislead — Mis*lead (m[i^]s*l[=e]d ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled} (m[i^]s*l[e^]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[=ae]dan. See {Mis }, and {Lead} to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mislead — mis·lead /mis lēd/ vb led / led/, lead·ing vt: to lead into a mistaken action or belief: to cause to have a false impression vi: to create a false impression compare deceive Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • mislead — (v.) O.E. mislædan to mislead, common Germanic compound (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du. misleiden, O.H.G. misseleiten, Ger. missleiten, Dan. mislede); see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + LEAD (Cf. lead) (v.). Related: MISLEADING (Cf. misleading); …   Etymology dictionary

  • mislead — delude, beguile, *deceive, betray, double cross Analogous words: entice, inveigle, *lure, tempt, seduce: *dupe, gull, hoodwink, hoax, bamboozle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mislead — has the form misled as its past tense and past participle …   Modern English usage

  • mislead — [v] give someone the wrong idea, information bait, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, bunk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double cross*, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, fool, fudge*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hose*, illude, inveigle,… …   New thesaurus

  • mislead — ► VERB (past and past part. misled) ▪ give the wrong impression to. DERIVATIVES misleading adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • mislead — [mislēd′] vt. misled, misleading 1. to lead in a wrong direction; lead astray 2. to lead into error (of judgment); deceive or delude 3. to lead into wrongdoing; influence badly SYN. DECEIVE misleading adj. misleadingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • mislead — UK US UK mislead UK /mɪsˈliːd/ verb [T] (misled /mɪsˈled/, misled //) ► to cause someone to believe something that is not true: »The government has repeatedly misled the public, and we re here to protest. mislead sb about sth »The advertising… …   Financial and business terms

  • mislead — UK [mɪsˈliːd] / US [mɪsˈlɪd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mislead : present tense I/you/we/they mislead he/she/it misleads present participle misleading past tense misled UK [mɪsˈled] / US past participle misled to make someone… …   English dictionary

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