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mis·take 
Audio Help [mi-steyk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -took, -tak·en, -tak·ing.
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| 1. | an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. |
| 2. | a misunderstanding or misconception. |
| 3. | to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor. |
| 4. | to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly; misunderstand; misinterpret. |
| 5. | to be in error. |
| 6. | and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake. |
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mis·tak·er, noun
mis·tak·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. inaccuracy, erratum, fault, oversight. Mistake, blunder, error, slip refer to deviations from right, accuracy, correctness, or truth. A mistake, grave or trivial, is caused by bad judgment or a disregard of rule or principle: It was a mistake to argue. A blunder is a careless, stupid, or gross mistake in action or speech, suggesting awkwardness, heedlessness, or ignorance: Through his blunder the message was lost. An error (often interchanged with mistake) is an unintentional wandering or deviation from accuracy, or right conduct: an error in addition. A slip is usually a minor mistake made through haste or carelessness: a slip of the tongue. 4. misconceive, misjudge, err.
—Antonyms 2. understanding.
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Mistake
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| mis·take
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v. mis·took (mĭ-stŏŏk'), mis·tak·en (mĭ-stā'kən), mis·tak·ing, mis·takes v. tr.
v. intr. To make a mistake; err. [From Middle English mistaken, to misunderstand, from Old Norse mistaka, to take in error : mis-, wrongly; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots + taka, to take.] mis·tak'er n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
mistake (v.)
c.1330, from O.N. mistaka "take in error, miscarry," from mis- "wrongly" (see mis- (1)) + taka "take." The noun is attested from 1638.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | 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. | 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. | part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" [syn: error] |
verb | |
| 1. | identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" |
| 2. | to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
mistake1 [miˈsteik] verb — past tense miˈstook [-ˈstuk]; past participle miˈstaken
(with for) to think that (one person or thing) is another
Example: I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.
mistake2 [miˈsteik] verbExample: I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.
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to make an error about
Example: They mistook the date, and arrived two days early.
mistake [miˈsteik] nounExample: They mistook the date, and arrived two days early.
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a wrong act or judgement
Example: a spelling mistake; It was a mistake to trust him; I took your umbrella by mistake — it looks like mine.
See also: mistakenExample: a spelling mistake; It was a mistake to trust him; I took your umbrella by mistake — it looks like mine.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Mistake
Blun"der\, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.] 2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn: Blunder, Error, Mistake, Bull. Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Mistake
Mis*take"\, v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." --Mrs. Browning.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Mistake
Mis*take"\, v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook; p. p. Mistaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. --Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak. 3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it. --Johnson. 4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Mistake
Mis*take"\, v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. --Swift.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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