mislead
Base form
mislead
/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
Past simple
misled
/ˌmɪsˈled/
Past participle
misled
/ˌmɪsˈled/
MeaningB2
to give someone the wrong idea or information
a misleading headline
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t mislead your customers with false prices.
- After a modal verb · Form 1Old maps can easily mislead hikers.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year the company misled investors about its profits.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the sign misled us, and we took the wrong road.
- Passive · Form 3Thousands of people were misled by the advert.
- Present perfect · Form 3The minister has misled parliament, say critics.
Watch out
Like lead → led: misled /ˌmɪsˈled/. Misleaded and misleed are wrong.
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