misdirect

Found in thesaurus: change, modify, alter, conduct, direct, guide, take, lead, address

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misdirect
v. direct incorrectly; lead astray; misinstruct; mislead; misguide

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misdirect

Verb
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
(synonym) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
2. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
(synonym) mislead, misguide, lead astray
(hypernym) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
(derivation) misdirection
3. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"
(synonym) misaddress
(hypernym) address, direct


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misdirect
v. nesprávně použít; poslat nesprávným směrem

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Misdirect
(v. t.)
To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.
  

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misdirect
v.a.
جھوٹا راستہ بتانا يا دکھانا, غلط جگہ روانہ کرنا, بہکانا, (غلط رہنمائي کرنا, گمراہ کرنا