What does mistaking mean?

Definitions for mistaking
mis·tak·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistakingnoun

    putting the wrong interpretation on

    "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mistaking

    of Mistake

  2. Mistakingnoun

    an error; a mistake

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mistaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mistaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mistaking in a Sentence

  1. Nikki Haley:

    The WHO’s struggles illustrate another sad reality: Many UN agencies are broken. The United States should try to fix them where possible. Yet we cannot fall into the trap of mistaking process for progress, some parts of the United Nations just cannot be salvaged. Sometimes we are better off leaving them behind.

  2. Christopher Morley:

    There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

  3. Sarhan Ganayem:

    I don't want to be mistaken for a terrorist, and I don't want to risk a real terrorist turning up and maybe mistaking my wife, who is kind of blonde and Russian-looking, for a Jew.

  4. Terry Schilling:

    There's no mistaking it now : Our medical industry and government authorities care more about ideology and profit than they do about the health and well-being of our kids, hopefully, the looming cascade of malpractice lawsuits will finally convince them to return to sanity as Europe is now doing. Lawmakers in Congress and the states also need to start getting involved. For the sake of America's families, it's time to put a stop to this horrific experimentation.

  5. Kathleen Flake:

    There's no mistaking it, this is Moses in a business suit.

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