mistake /mi-stākˈ/

1. To understand wrongly
2. To take for another thing or person (with for)
3. To be wrong about
4. To think wrongly
5. To remove wrongfully (obsolete)
6. (appar) to take or come upon to one's loss (Spenser)
7. To believe wrongly to be (Spenser)

1. To err in opinion or judgement
2. To do amiss

1. The act of taking or understanding something wrongly
2. Something understood or taken wrongly
3. An error
4. /misˈ/ a faulty shot (cinematography)

mistakˈable adjective

mistakˈably adverb

mistakˈen adjective

1. Understood wrongly
2. Guilty of making a mistake
3. Under a misapprehension
4. Erroneous
5. Incorrect
6. Ill-judged

mistakˈenly adverb

mistakˈenness noun

mistak'er noun

mistakˈing noun (Shakespeare)

A mistake

mistaken identity noun

An error in identifying someone

and no mistake (informal)

Assuredly

be mistaken

1. To make or have made a mistake
2. To be misunderstood

by mistake

Accidentally

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