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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue..
Near-synonym: misreport
The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?
Correction: August 21, 2017 An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Wuhan. It is in Hubei Province, not Hebei.
Use misstate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misstate means (transitive) To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue..
Common synonyms include misreport.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: misreport
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