Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mishear
Participle: misheard
Gerund: mishearing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mishear |
| you | mishear |
| he;she;it | mishears |
| we | mishear |
| you | mishear |
| they | mishear |
Perfect
| I | have misheard |
| you | have misheard |
| he;she;it | has misheard |
| we | have misheard |
| you | have misheard |
| they | have misheard |
Past
| I | misheard |
| you | misheard |
| he;she;it | misheard |
| we | misheard |
| you | misheard |
| they | misheard |
Pluperfect
| I | had misheard |
| you | had misheard |
| he;she;it | had misheard |
| we | had misheard |
| you | had misheard |
| they | had misheard |
Future
| I | will mishear |
| you | will mishear |
| he;she;it | will mishear |
| we | will mishear |
| you | will mishear |
| they | will mishear |
Future Perfect
| I | will have misheard |
| you | will have misheard |
| he;she;it | will have misheard |
| we | will have misheard |
| you | will have misheard |
| they | will have misheard |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mishear |
| you | mishear |
| he;she;it | mishear |
| we | mishear |
| you | mishear |
| they | mishear |
Perfect
| I | have misheard |
| you | have misheard |
| he;she;it | have misheard |
| we | have misheard |
| you | have misheard |
| they | have misheard |
Imperfect
| I | misheard |
| you | misheard |
| he;she;it | misheard |
| we | misheard |
| you | misheard |
| they | misheard |
Pluperfect
| I | had misheard |
| you | had misheard |
| he;she;it | had misheard |
| we | had misheard |
| you | had misheard |
| they | had misheard |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mishear |
| you | would mishear |
| he;she;it | would mishear |
| we | would mishear |
| you | would mishear |
| they | would mishear |
Perfect
| I | would have misheard |
| you | would have misheard |
| he;she;it | would have misheard |
| we | would have misheard |
| you | would have misheard |
| they | would have misheard |
Imperative
| you | mishear |
| we | Let's mishear |
| you | mishear |
Verbs similar to 'mishear'
misbear,
miswear,
disheart,
disheir,
micher,
misdeal,
mishap,
misheed,
mislead,
mislearn,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. mishieran "to disobey;" see mis- (1) + hear. Sense of "to hear incorrectly" first recorded c.1225.
2. From Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, mishīeran (“to hear amiss, not listen to, disobey”), equivalent to mis- + hear.
Sample Sentences
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I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.
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And if any mishear or misutter it, even that also serves, since it warns. [1883, Meeds Tuthill, The Civil Polity of the United States Considered in Its Theory and Practice, page 240:]
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When a slickly handsome drug dealer named Legrand (Michael Beach, in the film's most seductive performance), first meets the teen-ager on the playground, he mishears the name Manigault. "Did he say Nanny Goat?" Legrand asks, explaining the nickname in one quick, witty stroke. [1996 November 23, Caryn James, “From Hero To Heroin And Back”, in The New York Times:]
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Our report of a relative who, as a child, thought the classic version of the Lord's Prayer began "Our father, a chart in heaven, Harold be thy name" stated that this type of mistake is known as an eggcorn. A number of readers have suggested that instances like this in which a whole phrase rather than just a word is misheard, should be called mondegreens rather than eggcorns. [2006 November 18, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 24 May 2016, page 218:]