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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#m1)

2) (literal) remembered wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#x1)
- I misremembered the date of the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#x2)
- News: The star says she misremembered the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#x3)
- Chat: «misremembered» = lied [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#x4)
- Grandpa misremembered the name of the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/#x5)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/4/)
- [Some phrases hide the truth completely: a person who "misremembered" may simply have said something false.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misremembered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.