Miswrite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪsˈɹaɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Miswrite is a verb meaning (transitive) To write incorrectly.
Meaning
(transitive) To write incorrectly.
More Meanings
- (computing) A failed write operation.
Example Sentences
Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.
1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben, […] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.
Word Forms
- miswrites
- miswriting
- miswrote
- miswritten
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misword, misscribe, mistranscribe, misaddress, misnote, misstep.
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