misinterpretmis‧in‧ter‧pret /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ AWL verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.misinterpret something as something She had misinterpreted his silence as anger.—misinterpretation /ˌmɪsɪntɜːprɪˈteɪʃən $ -tɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: a misinterpretation of the test results
Verb TableVERB TABLE
misinterpret
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | misinterpret |
| he, she, it | misinterprets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | misinterpreted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have misinterpreted |
| he, she, it | has misinterpreted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had misinterpreted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will misinterpret |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have misinterpreted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am misinterpreting |
| he, she, it | is misinterpreting | |
| you, we, they | are misinterpreting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was misinterpreting |
| you, we, they | were misinterpreting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been misinterpreting |
| he, she, it | has been misinterpreting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been misinterpreting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be misinterpreting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been misinterpreting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.
- Delgado badly misinterpreted the statistics of the survey.
- Your friendliness could easily be misinterpreted.
- So in many ways misinterpreting the concept of core groups can be just as dangerous as ignoring their reality.
- Soares subsequently claimed that his remarks had been misinterpreted.
- Some said voters might have misinterpreted innocent actions.
- The £35,000-a-year ad rep told a London tribunal the detective misinterpreted his movements.
- The conclusion at Geneva was to be misinterpreted, if not misunderstood, for years to come.
- Too easy for audiences to misinterpret, it would have reasoned.
- What happens if they misinterpret their programs?
- Without recognising that knowledge of this kind is in play, we may misinterpret what is said about particular texts.
THESAURUS► misunderstand
to not understand the correct meaning of something that someone says or does, or of facts that you are considering SYN misread, misconstrue: to think that someone means one thing, when in fact they mean something else: · I think you’ve misunderstood what I’m saying.· Some companies appear to have misunderstood the new rules.· Don’t misunderstand me - I have nothing against these people.
► get somebody/something wrong especially spoken to misunderstand someone or something – used especially in everyday spoken English: · Looks like you’ve got it all wrong.· You’ve got me all wrong - that’s not what I meant.· Tell me if I’ve got it wrong.
► mistake to misunderstand someone’s intentions, and react in the wrong way: · He was a very private man, and some people mistook this for unfriendliness.· I thought she wanted us to leave her alone, but I may been mistaken.
► misread/misjudge to wrongly believe that someone’s actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling, or that a situation means that you should behave in particular way: · The party completely misread the mood of the voters at the last election.· Eddie wondered if he should be scared, too. Maybe he had misjudged the situation.
► misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone’s actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: · A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.· Struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations were misinterpreted.
► misconstrue formal to misunderstand something that someone has said or done: · She claimed that members of the press had misconstrued her comments.
► miss the point to not understand the main part or meaning of what someone is saying or what something is intended to do: · I think you’re missing the whole point of the film.· If he thinks it’s all about how much profit he can make, then he’s missing the point.
► get the wrong end of the stick British English informal to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: · Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
Longman Language Activatorto not understand something correctly► misunderstand to think that someone means one thing when in fact they mean something else: · I think she misunderstood you.· I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood.· According to Bennett, you misunderstood the reason you were dropped from the list.
► misunderstanding a problem caused when someone does not understand something correctly: · There seems to have been a misunderstanding. I didn't order steak.· Cultural differences between people from different countries can sometimes lead to misunderstandings.
► misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone's actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: · Your friendliness could easily be misinterpreted.· A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.
► misread to wrongly believe that someone's actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling: · Unfortunately, we misread the situation and lost a lot of sales.· The intelligence community was criticized for misreading Iraq's intentions.
► miss the point if you miss the point , you think you understand what someone says or what is important about a situation, but in fact you are wrong: · I soon realised that he had completely missed the point.· He's so caught up in the rules that he's missing the point of the game, which is just to have fun.
► take something the wrong way to be offended or upset by a remark that was not intended to offend or upset you, because you understood it wrongly: · Don't tell Simon that -- he might take it the wrong way.· No, that's not what I meant. You take everything the wrong way.don't take this the wrong way (=say this when you want to give advice or ask something that you think might offend someone): · Don't take this the wrong way, but could I stay at your place tonight?
► get the wrong end of the stick British an informal expression meaning to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: · Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
► be at cross-purposes if two people are at cross-purposes , each of them thinks that they understand what the other is talking about, when in fact they are talking about two different things: · I think we're at cross purposes -- I'm talking about John, not Nigel.
► don't get me wrong spoken say this when you do not want someone to understand something wrongly or be upset by what you say: · I like Jenny, don't get me wrong, but I do think she acts a little childishly at times.· Don't get me wrong, I love my family, I just don't want to be with them all the time.
► lose the plot British spoken to suddenly be unable to understand what is happening in a situation, especially when people expect you to understand and deal with it: · In the past few days the President seems to have completely lost the plot.
Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.misinterpret something as something She had misinterpreted his silence as anger.—misinterpretation /ˌmɪsɪntɜːprɪˈteɪʃən $ -tɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: a misinterpretation of the test results