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- DictionaryWrong/rôNG/
adjective
- 1. not correct or true; incorrect: "that is the wrong answer"
- 2. unjust, dishonest, or immoral: "they were wrong to take the law into their own hands"
adverb
- 1. in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction: "what am I doing wrong?"
noun
- 1. an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action: "I have done you a great wrong"
verb
- 1. act unjustly or dishonestly toward: "please forgive me these things and the people I have wronged"
Wrong definition: not in accordance with what is morally right or good. See examples of WRONG used in a sentence.
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WRONG definition: 1. not correct: 2. to think or say something that is not correct: 3. to produce an answer or…. Learn more.
The doctor could find nothing wrong with him. I have something wrong with my foot. not suitable; 4 [usually before noun] not suitable, right or what you need wrong (something) (for something) He's the wrong person for the job. wrong (something to do) I realized that it was the wrong thing to say. We don't want this document falling into the ...
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Etymology
From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, *vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”)...
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋ/ 2. (General American) enPR: rông, IPA(key): /ˈɹɔŋ/ 2.1. (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑŋ/ 3. Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Adjective
wrong (comparative more wrong, superlative most wrong) 1. Incorrect or untrue. 1.1. Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong. 1.1. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third:[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]: 1.1.1. Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /vrɔŋ/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔŋ
Noun
wrong m (plural wrongen, diminutive wrongetje n) 1. (heraldry) wreath, a ring made of two strips of cloth intertwined used on top of helmets to soften any blow
Verb
wrong 1. singular past indicative of wringen
Alternative forms
1. wrang, wronge, wronk, wornge, rong
Etymology
Semantic loan from Old Norse rangr, while the form is from Old English wrang (“rough, uneven”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /wrɔnɡ/, [wrɔŋɡ] 2. (later ME) IPA(key): /rɔnɡ/, [rɔŋɡ]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English wrong1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ S1 W1 adjective 1 not correct not correct, and not based on true facts OPP right Your calculations must be wrong. I think I got question 3 wrong. it is wrong to do something It is wrong to assume that technological advance brings a higher quality of life.
WRONG meaning: 1. not correct: 2. to think or say something that is not correct: 3. If something is wrong, there…. Learn more.
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