misreadverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈriːd/us/ˌmɪsˈriːd/misreadmisread verb [ T ] (READ WRONGLY)
to make a mistake in the way that you read something:
I was given the wrong tablets when the pharmacist misread my prescription.
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Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- read sth over/through
- readable
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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misread verb [ T ] (JUDGE WRONGLY)
to judge a situation wrongly:
I thought he liked me, but I'd completely misread the signals.
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Misunderstanding
- cross purposes
- don't get me wrong idiom
- forest
- get the wrong end of the stick idiom
- get your wires crossed idiom
- labour
- labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. idiom
- misconceived
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- misinterpret
- mistaken
- misunderstand
- not see the forest for the trees idiom
- not see the wood for the trees idiom
- put two and two together and make five idiom
- wire
- wood
- wrong
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misreading
noun [ C ] uk/ˌmɪsˈriː.dɪŋ/us/ˌmɪsˈriː.dɪŋ/
His misreading of the situation could have serious consequences.