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1 daglicht
♦voorbeelden:1 〈 figuurlijk〉 de zaak kwam in een ander daglicht te staan • that put a different complexion on the matterin een belachelijk/bespottelijk daglicht stellen • (hold up to) ridiculein een zo gunstig mogelijk daglicht stellen • show in the best possible lightin het volle daglicht • in broad daylightdat kan het daglicht niet verdragen • 〈 letterlijk〉 that can't tolerate daylight; 〈 figuurlijk〉 that can't stand up to examinationbij daglicht • by daylight -
2 een scheve voorstelling van iets geven
een scheve voorstelling van iets gevenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een scheve voorstelling van iets geven
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3 iets in een verkeerd daglicht stellen
iets in een verkeerd daglicht stellenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > iets in een verkeerd daglicht stellen
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4 scheef
1 [niet recht] crooked 〈 rug, boomstam〉 ⇒ 〈 schuin〉 oblique, leaning 〈 toren〉, slanting 〈 oppervlak〉, sloping 〈 oppervlak〉2 [asymmetrisch] crooked♦voorbeelden:iemand scheef aankijken • look enviously at someonehet schilderij hangt scheef • the picture is crookedje houdt het scheef! • you're not holding it level/straightiets scheef snijden/knippen • cut something slantwiseeen scheve neus hebben • have a crooked noseeen scheve voorstelling van iets geven • misrepresent somethingde zaak gaat/loopt scheef • things are going wrong
См. также в других словарях:
misrepresent — mis·rep·re·sent /mis ˌre pri zent/ vt: to make a misrepresentation about vi: to make a misrepresentation mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tive / ˌre pri zen tə tiv/ adj mis·rep·re·sen·ter n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
misrepresent — mis‧rep‧re‧sent [ˌmɪsreprɪˈzent] verb [transitive] LAW to deliberately give false information to someone, especially in order to persuade them to enter into a contract: • He was found guilty of misrepresenting the true position of his accounts. * … Financial and business terms
Misrepresent — Mis*rep re*sent , v. t. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Misrepresent — Mis*rep re*sent , v. i. To make an incorrect or untrue representation. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misrepresent — (v.) 1640s, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + REPRESENT (Cf. represent). Related: Misrepresented; misrepresenting … Etymology dictionary
misrepresent — / misquote [v] lie, distort adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, cover up, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, give snow job*, mangle, mask, miscolor,… … New thesaurus
misrepresent — ► VERB ▪ give a false or misleading account of. DERIVATIVES misrepresentation noun … English terms dictionary
misrepresent — [mis΄rep rē zent′] vt. 1. to represent falsely; give an untrue or misleading idea of 2. to be an improper or bad representative of misrepresentation n … English World dictionary
misrepresent — nisrepresent, falsify, belie, garble mean to present or represent something in a manner that is contrary to the truth. Misrepresent usually implies an intent to represent or portray falsely, and therefore may take as its subject not only a person … New Dictionary of Synonyms
misrepresent — UK [ˌmɪsreprɪˈzent] / US [ˌmɪsreprəˈzent] verb [transitive] Word forms misrepresent : present tense I/you/we/they misrepresent he/she/it misrepresents present participle misrepresenting past tense misrepresented past participle misrepresented to… … English dictionary
misrepresent — misrepresentation, n. misrepresentative, adj. misrepresenter, n. /mis rep ri zent /, v.t. 1. to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely. 2. to represent in an unsatisfactory manner. [1640 50; MIS 1 + REPRESENT] Syn. MISREPRESENT, DISTORT … Universalium
