misquote

mɪsˈkwoʊt

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of misquote - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

inaccuracyrepeat something inaccurately

He often misquotes famous lines from movies..

misreport

misstate

Noun

communicationincorrect version of a quote

The article contained a misquote of the politician's speech.

misrepresentation

misstatement

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Origin of misquote

Latin, mis- (wrongly) + quotare (to quote)

Examples of misquote in a sentence

He tends to misquote statistics.
The journalist apologized for the misquote in the interview.
A misquote in the book led to confusion among readers.

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French:déformer les propos, fausse citation, ...
German:falsch zitieren, falsches Zitat, ...
Italian:citare erroneamente, citazione errata, ...
Spanish:citar incorrectamente, cita errónea, ...
Portuguese:citar erroneamente, citação errada, ...
Chinese:误引, 错误引用, ...
Japanese:誤引用する, 誤引用, ...
Arabic:اِقْتَبَسَ بِشَكْل غَيْر دَقِيق, اقْتِباس خَاطِئ, ...
Hebrew:לְצַטֵּט, צִיטּוּט שָׁגוּי, ...
Russian:неправильно цитировать, ошибочная цитата, ...
Ukrainian:неправильно цитувати, невірна цитата, ...
Hindi:गलत उद्धृत करना, गलत उद्धरण, ...
Bengali:ভুল উদ্ধৃতি দেওয়া, ভুল উদ্ধৃতি, ...
Catalan:citar malament, cita errònia, ...
Czech:chybně citovat, nepřesná citace, ...
Danish:fejlcitere, fejlcitering, ...
Dutch:verkeerd citeren, verkeerd citaat, ...
Greek:παραθέτω λάθος, παραποίηση, ...
Hungarian:félreidézni, félreidézés, ...
Khmer:ដកស្រង់ខុស, ការដកស្រង់ខុស, ...
Korean:잘못 인용하다, 잘못된 인용, ...
Persian:اشتباه نقل کردن, نقل قول نادرست, ...
Polish:błędnie cytować, błędny cytat, ...
Portuguese (BR):citar erroneamente, citação errada, ...
Romanian:a cita greșit, citat incorect, ...
Swedish:felcitera, felcitat, ...
Thai:อ้างผิด, การอ้างผิด, ...
Turkish:yanlış alıntı yapmak, yanlış alıntı, ...
Vietnamese:trích dẫn sai, lời trích dẫn sai, ...

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