Misremember
verb
To remember something incorrectly.
I must have misremembered the address because I am at the wrong building
Often appears as...
- misremember a name
- misremember a face
verb
To remember something incorrectly.
I must have misremembered the address because I am at the wrong building
Often appears as...
- misremember a name
- misremember a face
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Incorrect Memory
Emphasizes that a memory is not just forgotten but recalled wrongly.
She misremembered who had given her the gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Honest Mistake
Suggests the error was unintentional, often without serious consequences.
Sorry for the mix-up; I totally misremembered your birthday!
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Detail
Used when certain details are recalled incorrectly, not the whole event.
He misremembered the color of the car, not the accident itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Incorrect Memory
Emphasizes that a memory is not just forgotten but recalled wrongly.
She misremembered who had given her the gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Honest Mistake
Suggests the error was unintentional, often without serious consequences.
Sorry for the mix-up; I totally misremembered your birthday!
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Detail
Used when certain details are recalled incorrectly, not the whole event.
He misremembered the color of the car, not the accident itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Incorrect Memory
Emphasizes that a memory is not just forgotten but recalled wrongly.
She misremembered who had given her the gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Honest Mistake
Suggests the error was unintentional, often without serious consequences.
Sorry for the mix-up; I totally misremembered your birthday!
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Detail
Used when certain details are recalled incorrectly, not the whole event.
He misremembered the color of the car, not the accident itself.
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Video examples
A memory scientist's...
I'm a memory scientist, and I specialize in how we remember important emotional events. I've particularly focused on how the memory interview process can severely impact the evidentiary quality of reports that we produce. A bad interview can lead you to forget details or misremember them
Video examples
A memory scientist's...
I'm a memory scientist, and I specialize in how we remember important emotional events. I've particularly focused on how the memory interview process can severely impact the evidentiary quality of reports that we produce. A bad interview can lead you to forget details or misremember them
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Maria Konnikova
American Writer
In the world of speeches and orations, especially historical ones, the persistent misquotation is understandable. You hear a speech. You misremember or mishear a line as something more colorful than it was.
Quote examples
Maria Konnikova
American Writer
In the world of speeches and orations, especially historical ones, the persistent misquotation is understandable. You hear a speech. You misremember or mishear a line as something more colorful than it was.
Example 1 of 1
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