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- [rɒŋ]
adj
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1) if there is something wrong, there is a problemYou don't look well. Is anything wrong?[/ex]I checked the engine, but I couldn't find anything wrong.[/ex]There was something wrong with one of the tyres.[/ex]She had some blood tests, but they still don't know what's wrong with her.[/ex]What's wrong with the washing machine?[/ex]2) not accurate, correct, or sensibleSyn:We must have gone the wrong way.[/ex]the wrong answer[/ex]If you think carefully, you won't make the wrong decision.[/ex]3) not morally rightSyn:Do you think it's wrong to use animals for testing new medicines?[/ex]There's nothing wrong with living with your boyfriend in my opinion.[/ex]4) not suitableIt's the wrong place to build a factory.[/ex]The colours just look wrong for a room this size.[/ex]•get off on the wrong foot — to start something badly, especially a relationship[/ex]the wrong way round — with one part in the position where the other part should be[/ex]See:correct IIWords often used with wrong Adverbs often used with wrong (adj, sense 1) ■ badly, disastrously, dreadfully, horribly, seriously, terribly + WRONG: used for saying that there is a serious problem with something Adverbs often used with wrong (adj, sense 2) ■ completely, entirely, hopelessly, plainly, quite, totally + WRONG: used for saying that something is not at all correct IIadvwrong */[rɒŋ]in a way that is not correctSomeone had tied the rope on wrong.[/ex]•don't get me wrong — used for explaining your comments when you think that someone has not understood them[/ex]get sth wrong — to make a mistake about something[/ex]The police got the name wrong and arrested an innocent man.[/ex]go wrong — 1) to stop working[/ex]Then something went wrong with the engine.[/ex]
— 2) used when a problem happens and causes something to fail
It's difficult to say when the relationship started to go wrong.[/ex]IIInoun [U]wrong [rɒŋ]behaviour that is morally wrong or breaks a ruleSmall children do not know the difference between right and wrong.[/ex]•in the wrong — someone who is in the wrong has made a mistake and deserves the blame for it[/ex]IVverb [T] formalwrong [rɒŋ]to treat or judge someone unfairly
Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.