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mis·tak·en

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–adjective

1.	wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.

2.	erroneous; incorrect; wrong: a mistaken answer.

3.	having made a mistake; being in error.

[Origin: 1590–1600; ptp. of mistake; see -en³

]

—Related forms

mis·tak·en·ly, adverb

mis·tak·en·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. inaccurate, misconceived.

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mis·take

Audio Help [mi-steyk] Pronunciation Key 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)

5.	to be in error.

—Idiom

6.	and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake.

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

]

—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.

—Antonyms 2. understanding.

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mis·take Audio Help (mĭ-stāk') Pronunciation Key
n.

An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
A misconception or misunderstanding.

v. mis·took (mĭ-stŏŏk'), mis·tak·en (mĭ-stā'kən), mis·tak·ing, mis·takes

v. tr.

To understand wrongly; misinterpret: mistook my politeness for friendliness.
To recognize or identify incorrectly: He mistook her for her sister.

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.

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mis·tak·en Audio Help   (mĭ-stā'kən) Pronunciation Key
v.   Past participle of mistake.

adj.

Wrong or incorrect in opinion, understanding, or perception.
Based on error; wrong: a mistaken view of the situation.

mis·tak'en·ly adv.

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mistaken
adjective
1.	wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity" [syn: misguided]
2.	arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" [syn: false]

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miˈstaken adjective

wrong
Example: You are mistaken if you think he's clever.

Arabic:	خاطئ، مُخْطِئ
Chinese (Simplified):	错误的
Chinese (Traditional):	錯誤的
Czech:	na omylu, mylný
Danish:	fejlagtig
Dutch:	mis
Estonian:	eksinud
Finnish:	olla väärässä
French:	erroné
German:	im Irrtum
Greek:	λαθεμένος
Hungarian:	téves
Icelandic:	skjátlast
Indonesian:	salah
Italian:	in errore*; sbagliato

Japanese:	間違った
Korean:	틀린, 착각한
Latvian:	kļūdījies
Lithuanian:	neteisus
Norwegian:	feilaktig, (du tar) feil
Polish:	w błędzie
Portuguese (Brazil):	errado, enganado
Portuguese (Portugal):	enganado
Romanian:	greşit, eronat
Russian:	ошибочный
Slovak:	na omyle
Slovenian:	zmoten
Spanish:	equivocado
Swedish:	miste
Turkish:	yanlış, hatalı

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Mistaken

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.

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