Pronunciations (6)
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/ˈɹɒŋ/
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/ɹaŋ/
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/ˈɹɔŋ/
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/ˈɹɑŋ/
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- cot-caught-merger
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ɹɒŋ
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ɹɔŋ
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Adjective
Incorrect or untrue.
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This answer is wrong.
Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […]
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You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone?
In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]
Throughout this time, Mystic Wolmar has been trying his luck and mostly getting it wrong - especially in 2006, when he got virtually everything wrong, including the departure of Tony Blair.
Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
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You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
Immoral, not good, bad.
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It is wrong to steal.
It is wrong to lie.
Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this!
Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
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A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
Not working; out of order.
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Something is wrong with the computer.
Something is wrong with my cellphone.
Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.
Designed to be worn or placed inward.
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the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth
Twisted; wry.
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a wrong nose
Adverb
In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
Usage- Informal
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I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
You're doing it all wrong!
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`Then, just as I was, I walked out of the house and went to the recruiting-office, stating my age wrong.'
Noun
Something that is immoral or not good.
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Injustice is a heinous wrong.
An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
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Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?
The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
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I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.
The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
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Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.
Verb
To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
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The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.
To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
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... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong.
To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
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O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.
Adjective
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
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an incorrect calculation
the report in the paper is wrong
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your information is wrong
the clock showed the wrong time
found themselves on the wrong road
based on the wrong assumptions
contrary to conscience or morality or law
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it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor
cheating is wrong
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it is wrong to lie
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
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said all the wrong things
not functioning properly
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something is amiss
has gone completely haywire
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something is wrong with the engine
based on or acting or judging in error
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it is wrong to think that way
not in accord with established usage or procedure
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the wrong medicine
the wrong way to shuck clams
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it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts
used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
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socks worn wrong side out
badly timed
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an ill-timed intervention
you think my intrusion unseasonable
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an untimely remark
it was the wrong moment for a joke
characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
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he submitted a faulty report
an incorrect transcription
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the wrong side of the road
Noun
that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
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he feels that you are in the wrong
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
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Adverb
in an incorrect manner
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he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
she guessed wrong
Verb
treat unjustly; do wrong to
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