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mishear
(mis|hear)
Pronunciation:
/mɪsˈhɪə/
verb
(
past and past participle
misheard
/-ˈhəːd/
)
[
with object
]
fail to hear (a person or their words) correctly:
she must have misheard him
[
no object
]
:
for a moment, he thought he had misheard
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