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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis-,1 prefix. - mis- is attached to nouns, verbs, and adjectives and means:
- mistaken;
wrong; wrongly; incorrectly:mis- + trial → mistrial (= a trial conducted improperly);mis- + print → misprint (= something incorrectly printed);mis- + fire → misfire: (= fail to fire properly). - the opposite of:mis- + trust → mistrust (= the opposite of trust).
-mis-, root. - -mis- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "send.'' It is related to -mit-. This meaning is found in such words as: admission, commissar, commissary, commission, compromise, demise, dismiss, emissary, impermissible, intermission, missal, missile, mission, missionary, missive, omission, permission, permissive, promise, promissory, remiss, submission, submissive, surmise, transmission.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mis- prefix - wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously: misunderstanding, misfortune, misspelling, mistreat, mislead
- lack of; not: mistrust
Etymology: Old English mis(se)-; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis- WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024MIS, - Business, ComputingSee management information system.
mis-1 ,- a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning "ill,'' "mistaken,'' "wrong,'' "wrongly,'' "incorrectly,'' or simply negating: mistrial;
misprint; mistrust.
- WGmc *mis(s)-
- Old French
- Middle English; Old English mis(se)-; cognate with German miss-, Gothic missa- (see miss1;); often replacing Middle English mes-
mis-2 ,- var. of miso- before some vowels:misanthrope.
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