Mistake
[mɪ'steɪk] or [mɪ'stek]
Definition
(noun.) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; 'he made a bad mistake'; 'she was quick to point out my errors'; 'I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults'.
(noun.) an understanding of something that is not correct; 'he wasn't going to admit his mistake'; 'make no mistake about his intentions'; 'there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister'.
(verb.) identify incorrectly; 'Don't mistake her for her twin sister'.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
(v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.
(v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
(v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
(v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
(v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
(n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
(n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
Checked by Antoine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.[2]. Take (one for another).
v. n. Err, make a mistake, be at fault, be wide of the mark, be on the wrong scent, BE IN THE WRONG BOX, BARK UP THE WRONG TREE.
n. [1]. Misapprehension, misunderstanding, misconception.[2]. Blunder, error, slip, fault, lapse, trip, oversight.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ERROR]
Editor: Mervin
Definition
v.t. to understand wrongly: to take one thing or person for another.—v.i. to err in opinion or judgment.—n. a taking or understanding wrongly: an error.—adjs. Mistak′able; Mistak′en understood wrongly: guilty of a mistake: erroneous: incorrect.—adv. Mistak′enly.—n. Mistak′ing (Shak.) a mistake.—And no mistake (coll.) without any manner of doubt: without fail; Be mistaken to make or have made a mistake: to be misunderstood.
Typist: Molly
Examples
- My education was a mistake. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He never seems to have made the mistake of confusing democracy with demolatry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He must be a wizard and no mistake. Plato. The Republic.
- And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No; Justinian is too keen a judge of character to mistake our Greek goose for a swan. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here is some mistake I am suresome dreadful mistake. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- All through school hours I make mistakes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he got into bed, 'I have made one of the most extraordinary mistakes to-night, that ever were heard of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Lady Catherine was generally speaking--stating the mistakes of the three others, or relating some anecdote of herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I made a mistake; we are all liable to mistakes; I won't do so any more, and I'll become such a lawyer as is not often seen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am not so unreasonable, sir, as to think you at all responsible for my mistakes and wrong conclusions; but I always supposed it was Miss Havisham. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The mistakes and omissions made in addressing these price cards became no less frequent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nor do I perceive how I can easily be mistaken in this matter. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And,' said Mrs. Micawber, 'though it is possible I may be mistaken in my view of the ceremony, I never will! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sir, you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You are very much mistaken. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A brougham was coming down it, and there could be no mistaking those gray horses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had hinted, beyond the possibility of mistaking him, that he suspected her of being the thief. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But anyone who makes the tariff the principal concern of statecraft is, I believe, mistaking the hedge for the house. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There was no mistaking the expression on her face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The merely practical man loses much by not knowing the backgrou nd of his activities; the mere theorist fails by mistaking the shadow for the substance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But there was no mistaking it now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And now I think he hates me because--because you mistook him yesterday. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If we was not in a muddle among ourseln, I should'n ha' been, by my own fellow weavers and workin' brothers, so mistook. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She meant it kindly, but Amy mistook her meaning, and said quickly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Seeing all these preparations, my idea of a prince was very high; but when he did arrive I mistook the Duke of Newcastle for him, the duke being a fine-looking man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Ronnie