misremembered

«misremembered» in Mova's school dictionary: gave a false account, said something untrue — often to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

phrase (verb, past: misremember, misremembers, misremembered)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, official) gave a false account, said something untrue — often to avoid saying «lied». tree →

2) (literal) remembered wrongly. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by politicians or famous people when caught saying something false, to suggest an honest mistake. Register: official, spin; all regions.

examples

• The politician said he had misremembered the events. tree →
• I misremembered the date of the test. tree →
• News: The star says she misremembered the story. tree →
• Chat: «misremembered» = lied tree →
• Grandpa misremembered the name of the street. tree →

note

It can be an honest memory mistake, or an excuse. Plain words: said something false.

In the corpora

• A vivid example: a politician who says he "misremembered" may simply have lied.
• Some phrases hide the truth completely: a person who "misremembered" may simply have said something false.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «misremembered» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.