Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remember something incorrectly or inaccurately: To have a memory of an event, fact, or detail that is not correct or does not match reality.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • I seem to have misremembered the time of our meeting.
  • Many people misremember famous quotes.
  • He misremembered the color of the car involved in the accident.

Advanced Usage

• "To misremember" often implies an honest mistake in recall, not an intentional lie. It is frequently used in contexts discussing memory, testimony, or historical accounts.
  • Witnesses can sometimes misremember key details under stress.
  • As we age, we may misremember names and dates.

Variants and Related Words

• Misremembering (noun/gerund): The act or instance of remembering incorrectly.
  • The discrepancy was due to a simple misremembering.
• Misrecollection (noun): An inaccurate memory.
  • His account was based on a misrecollection of the facts.

Synonyms

• Misrecollect: To recall inaccurately (less common).
• Forget incorrectly: A more descriptive phrase for the same idea.
• Recall wrongly: To bring back to mind in an erroneous way.

Antonyms

• Remember correctly: To recall accurately.
• Recollect accurately: To remember something precisely.

Notes on Meaning

• The word specifically refers to an error in the itself. It is different from simply being wrong about a fact due to never having learned it correctly.
• It is often used in legal, psychological, and everyday contexts to describe the fallibility of human memory without assigning blame.

Verb

1. remember incorrectly
   • I misremembered the date