Mislay: meaning, definitions and examples
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mislay
[ mษชsหleษช ]
everyday life
To lose or misplace something temporarily by forgetting where it was placed.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- I seem to have mislaid my keys again.
- She mislaid her phone and couldn't find it for hours.
Translations
Translations of the word "mislay" in other languages:
๐ต๐น perder
๐ฎ๐ณ เคเฅ เคฆเฅเคจเคพ
๐ฉ๐ช verlegen
๐ฎ๐ฉ kehilangan
๐บ๐ฆ ะทะฐะณัะฑะธัะธ
๐ต๐ฑ zgubiฤ
๐ฏ๐ต ็ฝฎใๅฟใใ (oki wasureru)
๐ซ๐ท รฉgarer
๐ช๐ธ extraviar
๐น๐ท kaybetmek
๐ฐ๐ท ์์ด๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๋ค (il-eobeolida)
๐ธ๐ฆ ููุฏ
๐จ๐ฟ ztratit
๐ธ๐ฐ stratiลฅ
๐จ๐ณ ไธขๅคฑ (diลซshฤซ)
๐ธ๐ฎ izgubiti
๐ฎ๐ธ tรฝna
๐ฐ๐ฟ ะถะพาะฐะปัั
๐ฌ๐ช แแแแแ แแแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ itirmษk
๐ฒ๐ฝ extraviar
Etymology
The word 'mislay' originated from Middle English 'misleyen', which meant 'to lose, to destroy'. Over time, the prefix 'mis-' came to signify 'badly, wrongly', and 'lay' referred to 'to place'. Therefore, 'mislay' evolved to mean 'to place wrongly or badly', leading to the modern definition of losing or misplacing something temporarily.
See also: lay, layabout, layer, layoff, layout, layover, outlay, outlays, relay.
Word Frequency Rank
At position #41,049, this word is among the less frequently used terms in English. While interesting to know, it's not crucial for most English learners unless needed for specific purposes.