verb
mislead
mihs-LEED
verb
1
To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
"The advert was banned for misleading customers about the discount."
"I didn't mean to mislead you — I simply had the wrong date."
How to Use Mislead
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo give someone a false impression.
Common pairings
mislead the public
mislead investors
Word Forms
misled past tense, misleads plural, misleads singular
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Etymology
From Old English mislǣdan, from mis- + lǣdan ("to lead").