Definitions for mistake
mɪˈsteɪkmis·take

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mistake, error, fault(noun)

   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. mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension(noun)

   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. error, mistake(verb)

   part of a statement that is not correct

   "the book was full of errors"

4. mistake, misidentify(verb)

   identify incorrectly

   "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

5. err, mistake, slip(verb)

   to make a mistake or be incorrect

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. mistake(Noun)

   An error; a blunder.

   Etymology: from mistaka

2. mistake(Noun)

   A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place

   Etymology: from mistaka

3. mistake(Verb)

   To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.

   Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.

   Etymology: from mistaka

4. mistake(Verb)

   To make an error, to do something in a wrong way.

   Etymology: from mistaka

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mistake(verb)

   to make or form amiss; to spoil in making

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

2. Mistake(verb)

   to take or choose wrongly

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

3. Mistake(verb)

   to take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

4. Mistake(verb)

   to substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

5. Mistake(verb)

   to have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

6. Mistake(verb)

   to err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

7. Mistake(noun)

   an apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

8. Mistake(noun)

   misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it

   Etymology: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mistake

   "Mistake" is a pop rock song by Stephanie McIntosh. It was released as the first single from her debut album Tightrope on 29 July 2006. "Mistake" was written by Tom Nichols and Rami Yacoub and Arnthor Birgisson and produced by the team at Maratone and Mixed by Niklas Flycht. The original title for "Mistake" was "Another Mistake". "Mistake" was released as the debut single from Tightrope in the UK and Ireland, where it was released on 25 June 2007 with McIntosh promoting the album there in June 2007. In its first week on the chart, "Mistake" entered the UK Singles Chart at #168, on downloads alone. Then after its physical release, it jumped 121 places to #47. It is her strongest single in and outside of Australia to date, although it didn't reach the top 40 anywhere outside Australia. "Mistake" is featured on the Australian version of the Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack. "Mistake" was also briefly used in two scenes in the Australian comedy show Summer Heights High.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mistake

   mis-tāk′, v.t. to understand wrongly: to take one thing or person for another.—v.i. to err in opinion or judgment.—n. a taking or understanding wrongly: an error.—adjs. Mistak′able; Mistak′en, understood wrongly: guilty of a mistake: erroneous: incorrect.—adv. Mistak′enly.—n. Mistak′ing (Shak.), a mistake.—And no mistake (coll.), without any manner of doubt: without fail; Be mistaken, to make or have made a mistake: to be misunderstood. [M. E. mistaken—Ice. mistaka, to take wrongly—mis-, wrongly, taka, to take.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mistake' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2849

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mistake' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2026

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mistake' in Nouns Frequency: #879

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mistake' in Verbs Frequency: #1031

How to pronounce mistake?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mistake in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mistake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mistake in a Sentence

1. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   The union has been expanded to the east. But it would be a tragic and a historic mistake to leave out the Balkan countries, the admission of Albania, Montenegro and Serbia into the Union must have priority.

2. Tim Edwards:

   He was a highly compensated individual who made a mistake, and now he's dead because of it.

3. Foreign Minister Reynders:

   You shouldn't always look somewhere else for reasons for what you're going through at home. We are tackling head on what is happening in some of our boroughs, when you have 130 dead in one city, it means something's gone wrong. It's a mistake, I think, to infer from that that what went wrong went wrong only abroad.

4. Douglas Adams:

   It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

5. Brian Heyworth:

   Make no mistake, we are still in the foothills on this journey, the positive thing is that more people are now asking for help, but we also need to accept that there are probably more people who need help too. The next phase of the challenge is creating the conditions where we can reverse that trend.

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