misremember

C1 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˌmɪsɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/ UK /ˌmɪsrɪˈmɛmbə/
verb Freq #162337

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to remember something incorrectly

    I may misremember the exact date, but the meeting was in early June.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to remember something... recall incorrectlymisrecollect
Opposites
remember accuratelyrecall correctly
Word family
Forms misremembered
Derived forms misremembrance
Related forms remembermemorymisrecollection

Etymology

Formed from mis-, 'wrongly,' + remember. The prefix marks an error in recollection rather than a complete failure to remember.

Topics

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