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mislay
[mis-ley] 
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mislay
[mis-ley]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose |
| Synonyms: | displace, misplace |
| Antonyms: | find, keep |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, remove from normal place |
| Synonyms: | change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot |
| Antonyms: | leave |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forget, neglect |
| Synonyms: | allow, drop, have, lay down, leave behind, let, let be, let continue, let go, let stay, mislay, omit, permit, suffer |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | care, maintain |
| Main Entry: | misplace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose; be unable to find |
| Synonyms: | be unable to lay hands on, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misfile, mislay, miss, mix, muss, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong place, remove, scatter, unsettle |
| Antonyms: | find |
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | be late for, blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, drop the ball, err, fall flat on face, fall short, flub, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, let go, let slip, lose, miscarry, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff, neglect, omit, overlook, overshoot, pass over, pass up, skip, slight, slip, trip, trip up, undershoot |
| Antonyms: | do well, get, succeed |
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