Mistake - English meaning

phrase

To have done something wrong

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Be at fault for her doctor was at fault for not sending her straight to a specialist., be at fault …

idiom

To be doing something in a way that will bring good/bad results; to be thinking in the right/wrong way

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These results suggest that we are on the right track., if you think my son was involved, you are on…

noun

A stupid or careless mistake.

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She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

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He knew he'd blundered

noun

A big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought

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His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder., he feared he …

noun

A mistake.

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Spelling errors

noun

A mistake, esp. in a way that can be discovered as wrong, or the making of such mistakes

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[ c ] a spelling/mathematical error, [ u ] investigators said the train crash was caused by human e…

noun

Something done or written by accident that is not correct, not accurate, or does not give the right result

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Make/introduce an error can i amend my vat return online if i've made an error?, correct/find an er…

noun

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.

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The notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy

noun

A false belief

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[ + that clause ] it is a common fallacy that only men are good at math., a fallacious argument

noun

An idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false

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[ + that ] it is a common fallacy that women are worse drivers than men.

noun

An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.

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My worst fault is impatience

verb

Criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.

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Her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job

noun

A quality in a person that shows that the person is not perfect, or a condition of something that shows that it is not working perfectly

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He loves me in spite of my faults., some people find fault in everything they see., i screwed up, s…

noun

A mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object.

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A flaw in the glass

verb

Mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).

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The computer game was flawed by poor programming

noun

A squall of wind; a short storm.

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The ship had turned, caught in a windy flaw

noun

An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder.

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In my first few months at work i made some real gaffes

noun

An embarrassing mistake

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His failure to ask for his teacher’s advice was a major gaffe.

noun

A remark or action that is a social mistake and not considered polite

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Make a gaffe i made a real gaffe - i called his new wife "judy", which is the name of his ex-wife.,…

noun

The quality or state of not being accurate.

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A weapon of notorious inaccuracy

noun

A situation in which a fact or measurement is not completely correct or exact

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The film is full of historical inaccuracies., the inaccuracy of the missiles greatly diminishes the…

verb

Fail to understand (a person or their words) correctly; misinterpret.

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They seemed not to mind that their more profound utterances were misapprehended as self-help maxims

noun

A mistaken belief about or interpretation of something.

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People tried to exchange the vouchers under the misapprehension that they were book tokens

noun

An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement.

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Miscalculations were made in counting properties

noun

The act of calculating an amount wrongly

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The claim that the group's net asset value was $22 a share was a miscalculation., miscalculation of…

noun

A view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.

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Public misconceptions about antibiotic use

noun

An idea that is wrong because it is based on a failure to understand a situation

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[ + that clause ] it’s a common misconception that americans think only about money.

verb

Interpret (a person's words or actions) wrongly.

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My advice was deliberately misconstrued

verb

To form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says

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Johnson complained that his statements were misconstrued.

verb

Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.

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I think you're misinterpreting the situation

verb

To not understand or explain something correctly

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She felt that her comments had been misinterpreted., [ c ] if a patient isn’t honest, that can lead…

noun

The action of interpreting something wrongly.

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This quote is open to misinterpretation

noun

The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done, or an example of a wrong understanding

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The statement is unclear and open to misinterpretation (= could easily be misinterpreted)., this is…

verb

Read (a piece of text) wrongly.

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Perhaps she'd misread the note and got the time wrong

verb

To make a mistake when reading something, or fig. to form a wrong understanding or judgment of something

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Please correct me if i misread anything., fig. i’m sorry i got angry – i simply misread the situati…

verb

Read (a piece of text) wrongly.

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Perhaps she'd misread the note and got the time wrong

noun

The act of making a mistake in the way that you read something, or an example of this

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Faulty wiring can cause electrical problems and computer misreadings., the scientists will now go o…

verb

Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).

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A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun

A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.

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The penalty miss cost us the game

noun

A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.

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Miss hazel armstrong

verb

Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.

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He had misunderstood the police officer's hand signals

verb

To fail to understand something or someone

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[ t ] i think she misunderstood what i meant.

noun

A failure to understand something correctly.

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A misunderstanding of the government's plans

verb

Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.

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He had misunderstood the police officer's hand signals

noun

A failure to understand, or an argument resulting from the failure of two people or two sides to understand each other

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[ c ] the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, he said, as he had no intention of breaking into…

noun

A person or thing that has been left out or excluded.

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There are glaring omissions in the report

noun

The fact of not including something that should have been included, or the thing that is not included

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We are not responsible for the omission of information from this website., the document contained a…

noun

An unintentional failure to notice or do something.

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He had simply missed parsons out by an oversight

noun

A mistake caused by a failure to notice or do something

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Because of a bank oversight, the money had not been credited to my account., the fbi provided techn…

noun

Systems or actions to control an activity and make sure that it is done correctly and legally

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In commodity trading, key goods such as oil or uranium are traded with almost no oversight., govern…

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

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I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

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A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

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His monthly salary slip

phrasal verb

Make a careless error.

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They often slipped up when it came to spelling

phrasal verb

To make a small mistake, often as a result of not thinking carefully

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It's easy for a journalist to slip up and use somebody else's idea without crediting him or her., t…

phrasal verb

To make a mistake

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We can't afford to slip up when we're risking so much money., there is a solution for taxpayers who…

noun

A grammatical mistake in speech or writing.

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This year, it seems likely that a number of my fellow countrymen will be spending a good deal of ti…

noun

Behaviour that is a social mistake or is not polite

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To commit a social solecism, a grammatical solecism