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MISSPEAK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pronounce a word incorrectly

Example:

She mispronounces many Latinate words

Synonyms:

mispronounce; misspeak

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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