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MISREPRESENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Represent falsely

Example:

This statement misrepresents my intentions

Synonyms:

belie; misrepresent

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "misrepresent" is one way to...):

represent (serve as a means of expressing something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misrepresent"):

sentimentalise; sentimentalize (look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment)

distort; falsify; garble; warp (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)

affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tamper, with the purpose of deception

Example:

falsify the data

Synonyms:

cook; fake; falsify; fudge; manipulate; misrepresent; wangle

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "misrepresent" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misrepresent"):

juggle (manipulate by or as if by moving around components)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

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