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wrong is an adjective, noun, verb and adverb meaning "not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth". It carries 13 recorded senses.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
“an incorrect calculation”
“the report in the paper is wrong”
“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
“it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor”
“cheating is wrong”
“it is wrong to lie”
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
“said all the wrong things”
not functioning properly
“something is amiss”
“has gone completely haywire”
“something is wrong with the engine”
based on or acting or judging in error
“it is wrong to think that way”
used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
“socks worn wrong side out”
badly timed
“an ill-timed intervention”
“you think my intrusion unseasonable”
“an untimely remark”
“it was the wrong moment for a joke”
characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
“he submitted a faulty report”
“an incorrect transcription”
“the wrong side of the road”
that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
“he feels that you are in the wrong”
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
in an inaccurate manner
“he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly”
“she guessed wrong”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wrong come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.