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- 2 dictionary resultsmis⋅take
[mi-steyk] 
noun, verb, -took, -tak⋅en, -tak⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. |
| 2. | a misunderstanding or misconception. |
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 5. | to be in error. |
| 6. | and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake. |
Related forms:
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.
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.
2. understanding.
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| mis·take (mĭ-stāk') n.
v. tr.
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. |
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