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Definition of Mistake
1. Verb. Identify incorrectly. "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
Generic synonyms: Identify
Specialized synonyms: Confound, Confuse
Derivative terms: Mistaking
2. Noun. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
Generic synonyms: Nonaccomplishment, Nonachievement
Specialized synonyms: Blot, Smear, Smirch, Spot, Stain, Confusion, Mix-up, Incursion, Miscalculation, Misestimation, Misreckoning, Distortion, Miscue, Parapraxis, Slip, Slip-up, Offside, Lapse, Oversight, Omission, Skip, Bloomer, Blooper, Blunder, Boner, Boo-boo, Botch, Bungle, Flub, Foul-up, Fuckup, Pratfall, Balls-up, Ballup, Cockup, Mess-up, Betise, Folly, Foolishness, Imbecility, Stupidity, Renege, Revoke
Derivative terms: Err, Fault, Faulty
3. Verb. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
Specialized synonyms: Misremember, Slip Up, Stumble, Trip Up, Misjudge, Fall For
Derivative terms: Errancy, Error, Error, Slip
Also: Slip Up
4. Noun. An understanding of something that is not correct. "There must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"
Generic synonyms: Misconception
Derivative terms: Misapprehend, Misunderstand
5. Noun. Part of a statement that is not correct. "The book was full of errors"
Generic synonyms: Misstatement
Specialized synonyms: Corrigendum, Erratum, Literal, Literal Error, Misprint, Typo, Typographical Error
Definition of Mistake
1. v. t. To take or choose wrongly.
2. v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
3. n. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Definition of Mistake
1. Noun. An error; a blunder. ¹
2. Noun. (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To make an error, to do something in a wrong way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mistake
1. to interpret wrongly [v -TOOK or -TEUK, -TAKEN, -TAKING, -TAKES]
Medical Definition of Mistake
1. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." 1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. "Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake." (Tillotson) 2. Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it. No mistake, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. Synonym: Blunder, error, bull. See Blunder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistake
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