misconceive

mis·con·ceive

M0331700 (mĭs′kən-sēv′)tr.v. mis·con·ceived, mis·con·ceiv·ing, mis·con·ceives To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.

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mis′con·ceiv′er n.

misconceive

(ˌmɪskənˈsiːv) vbto have the wrong idea; fail to understand ˌmisconˈceiver n

mis•con•ceive

(ˌmɪs kənˈsiv)

v.t., v.i. -ceived, -ceiv•ing. to interpret wrongly; misunderstand. [1350–1400] mis`con•ceiv′er, n. mis`con•cep′tion (-kənˈsɛp ʃən) n.

misconceive

Past participle: misconceived
Gerund: misconceiving

Imperative
misconceive
misconceive

Present
I misconceive
you misconceive
he/she/it misconceives
we misconceive
you misconceive
they misconceive

Preterite
I misconceived
you misconceived
he/she/it misconceived
we misconceived
you misconceived
they misconceived

Present Continuous
I am misconceiving
you are misconceiving
he/she/it is misconceiving
we are misconceiving
you are misconceiving
they are misconceiving

Present Perfect
I have misconceived
you have misconceived
he/she/it has misconceived
we have misconceived
you have misconceived
they have misconceived

Past Continuous
I was misconceiving
you were misconceiving
he/she/it was misconceiving
we were misconceiving
you were misconceiving
they were misconceiving

Past Perfect
I had misconceived
you had misconceived
he/she/it had misconceived
we had misconceived
you had misconceived
they had misconceived

Future
I will misconceive
you will misconceive
he/she/it will misconceive
we will misconceive
you will misconceive
they will misconceive

Future Perfect
I will have misconceived
you will have misconceived
he/she/it will have misconceived
we will have misconceived
you will have misconceived
they will have misconceived

Future Continuous
I will be misconceiving
you will be misconceiving
he/she/it will be misconceiving
we will be misconceiving
you will be misconceiving
they will be misconceiving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been misconceiving
you have been misconceiving
he/she/it has been misconceiving
we have been misconceiving
you have been misconceiving
they have been misconceiving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been misconceiving
you will have been misconceiving
he/she/it will have been misconceiving
we will have been misconceiving
you will have been misconceiving
they will have been misconceiving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been misconceiving
you had been misconceiving
he/she/it had been misconceiving
we had been misconceiving
you had been misconceiving
they had been misconceiving

Conditional
I would misconceive
you would misconceive
he/she/it would misconceive
we would misconceive
you would misconceive
they would misconceive

Past Conditional
I would have misconceived
you would have misconceived
he/she/it would have misconceived
we would have misconceived
you would have misconceived
they would have misconceived

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

misconceive - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpretconstrue, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

misconceive

verb misunderstand, mistake, misjudge, fail to understand, misconstrue, get the wrong idea about, misapprehend, get your lines crossed about We misconceived their purpose.

misconceive

verbTo understand incorrectly:misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand.

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