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mistake noun 1 an error. 2 a regrettable action. 3 an act of understanding or interpreting something wrongly. verb (mistook , mistaken, mistaking) 1 to misinterpret or misunderstand something • I mistook your meaning. 2 to make the wrong choice of something • He mistook the turning in the fog. mistakable adj. by mistake accidentally.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c as verb: from Norse mistaka to take something wrongly.
mistake someone or something for someone or something else to identify them or it incorrectly as someone or something else; to wrongly assume or understand them to be what they are not • might mistake us for intruders • She mistook my silence for disapproval. |
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