Misapprehension
['mis,æpri'henʃən]
Definition
(n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Misunderstanding, misconception, mistake.
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Examples
- Oh, there must be some misapprehension. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I cannot restI shall not have a moment's peace till this is explainedsome dreadful misapprehension or other. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- With now welcome force, I realized his entire misapprehension of my character and nature. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His loss was a severe one to Lee, and compensated in a great measure for the mishap, or misapprehensions, which had fallen to our lot during the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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