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wrong

 
 
/rɒŋ/ adjective

Translation

NOT CORRECT not correct
yanlış
the wrong answer We're going the wrong way.1901
be wrong to think or say something that is not correct
yanlış/hatalı olmak
You were wrong about the party - it's today, not tomorrow.1901
get sth wrong to produce an answer or result that is not correct
yanlış anlamak; yanlış şeyler ortaya koymak
I got most of the answers wrong.1901
PROBLEM [never before noun] If something is wrong, there is a problem.
yanlış, hatalı, kusurlu
There's something wrong with my computer. What's wrong? 19012503
NOT MORAL [never before noun] morally bad
ahlâken kötü, hatalı, kusurlu
[+ to do sth] It's wrong to tell lies.665970
NOT SUITABLE not suitable
uygun olmayan, yanlış
I think she's wrong for this job. → See also get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick → See also get/start off on the wrong foot → See also not put a foot wrong → See also rub sb up the wrong way6652320
(Definition of wrong adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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