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 Definitions of mistake  [ɪˈsteɪk]  

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Definition of 'mistake' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mistake
an error in action, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.

2.  mistake
a misunderstanding or misconception.

3. (v.t.) mistake
to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else:
I mistook her for the mayor.

4.  mistake
to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly.

5. (v.i.) mistake
to be in error.

Etymology:  (1300–30; ME < ON mistaka to take in error. See mis -1, take)

Definition of 'mistake' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mistake, error, fault
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
"he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

2. (noun) mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension
an understanding of something that is not correct
"he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"

3. (verb) error, mistake
part of a statement that is not correct
"the book was full of errors"

4. (verb) mistake, misidentify
identify incorrectly
"Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

5. (verb) err, mistake, slip
to make a mistake or be incorrect


Definition of 'mistake' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) mistake
sth that has been done incorrectly; = error
to correct/fix a mistake; mistakes in spelling

2.  mistake
an action or choice that you later wish you had not done or made
It was a big mistake to quit school.; She made the mistake of criticizing my parents.

3.  mistake
by mistake
without intending to; = by accident
I sent the email to my boss by mistake.

4. (verb) mistake
to think that one person or thing is another
He mistook me for my brother.


Definition of 'mistake' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) mistake
an apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct

2. (noun) mistake
misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it

3. (verb) mistake
to make or form amiss; to spoil in making

4. (verb) mistake
to take or choose wrongly

5. (verb) mistake
to take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning

6. (verb) mistake
to substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another

7. (verb) mistake
to have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge

8. (verb) mistake
to err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error


Translation of 'mistake' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (withfor) to think that (one person or thing) is another
I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.

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Brazilian flag Brazilian: confundir Czech flag Czech: splést si German flag German: verwechseln
Danish flag Danish: forveksle med Greek flag Greek: παίρνω κπ. για κπ. άλλο Spanish flag Spanish: confundir
Estonian flag Estonian: eksikombel pidama Farsi flag Farsi: اشتباه گرفتن Finnish flag Finnish: erehtyä henkilöstä
French flag French: prendre pour, confondre a Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִטעוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: गलत समझना
Croatian flag Croatian: zabuniti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: összetéveszt Indonesian flag Indonesian: keliru
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ruglast/villastá Italian flag Italian: scambiare Japanese flag Japanese: 間違える
Korean flag Korean: 착각하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: palaikyti ką kuo Latvian flag Latvian: pārskatīties; noturēt par
Malay flag Malay: tersilap Dutch flag Dutch: verkeerd aanzien voor Norwegian flag Norwegian: forveksle
Polish flag Polish: pomylić, wziąć za kogo in Persian flag Persian: اشتباه گرفتن Pashto flag Pashto: اشتباه نيول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: confundir Romanian flag Romanian: a confunda cu, a lua drep Russian flag Russian: принимать за другого
Slovak flag Slovak: spliesť si Slovenian flag Slovenian: zamenjati Serbian flag Serbian: zameniti
Swedish flag Swedish: förväxla ngn (ngt) med Thai flag Thai: เข้าใจผิดว่าเป็น Turkish flag Turkish: karıştırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 誤認 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: приймати (когось) за іншо Urdu flag Urdu: خطائے وہم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhầm lẫn Chinese flag Chinese: 把...错认

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