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Definition: Misstep |
MisstepNoun1. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "misstep" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Synonyms: MisstepSynonyms: stumble (n), trip (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Misstep |
| English words defined with "misstep": Mistreading ♦ slip ♦ trip. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Romania | The new government made a crucial early misstep. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "misstep"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hap i gabuar (false step, faux pas), gabim (balk, baulk, boob, delinquency, delusion, error, fallacy, false step, fault, flub, frailty, gaffe, lapse, Lapsus, misdoing, Miss, mistake, slip, slip up, trip), bëj gabim (err, fluff, misbelieve, mistake, slip up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | грешка (blooper, blunder, boss, break, defect, demerit, dereliction, error, fault, inaccuracy, inexactitude, lapse, misdoing, mistake, muff, slip up, slipping, snafu), греша (be wrong, err, make a mistake, mistake, sin, wander), правя погрешна стъпка (trip over), погрешна стъпка (stumble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 走錯 (astray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قدم اشتباه وغلط, اشتباه درقضاوت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fehltritt (fall, false step, indiscretion, lapse, misconduct, slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραπάτημα (faux pas, stumble, trip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | félrelépés, félrelép (step aside, to yard on sy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perbuatan salah (wrong doing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 踏み違える (to misstep, to stray), 了簡違い (a misstep, mistaken idea or notion), "やまれる失策 (regrettable misstep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くやまれるしっさく (regrettable misstep), ふみちがえる (to misstep, to stray), りょうけ"ちがい (a misstep, delusion, false step, indiscretion, mistaken idea or notion, wrong idea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isstepmay ошибка (aberration, bungle, bust, error, failing, fallacy, fault, faux pas, gaffe, inaccuracy, lapse, misdeed, mistake, muff, slip, slip up, slipup, slip-up, stumble, trip). (various references) pogrešan korak (false step, faux pas, gaffe, mis-step). (various references) desliz (balk, lapse, slip, trip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "misstep": missteps. (additional references) | |
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"Misstep" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mistek, mistel, Vistupi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "misstep" (pronounced mi'sste"p or mi'ste"p) |
| 4 | -s t e" p | step, steppe. |
| 4 | -s t e" p | step, steppe. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: misset, pistes, smites, spites, stimes, stipes, tmesis. | |
-2 letters: emits, items, metis, mises, mists, mites, pests, piste, seism, semis, septs, simps, sipes, sites, smite, spies, spite, spits, stems, steps, sties, stime, stipe, tempi, temps, times. | |
-3 letters: emit, imps, isms, item, mess, mise, miss, mist, mite, pest, pets, pies, piss, pits, psis, psst, seis, semi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: impastes, imprests, misspelt, misspent, missteps, mistypes, pastimes, pietisms, septimes, simplest, spumiest. | |
+2 letters: campsites, despotism, emptiness, epistomes, impetuses, imposters, limpsiest, mateships, mileposts, nepotisms, optimises, pessimist, pipestems, polemists, psammites, shipmates, shipments, skimpiest, steamship, stumpiest, swampiest. | |
+3 letters: assumptive, composites, despotisms, distempers, empathises, epitomises, euphemists, expertisms, hemoptysis, hipsterism, impostumes, impostures, mastership, mephitises, mispatches, misreports, misstopped, palimpsest, pantheisms, peristomes, pessimists, poeticisms, presentism, rebaptisms, scepticism, scrimpiest, semipostal, separatism, shipmaster, shrimpiest, simpletons, skepticism, slimpsiest, slipstream, spearmints, spermatids, steamships, sympathies, sympathise, sympatries, temporises. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 73 73 74 65 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .. ... ... - . .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i s s t e p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 0073 0073 0074 0065 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47758585867182 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, germanski, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro |
Indonesian | indonezian, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio | |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , испанский, španski, španski jezik, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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