Misunderstanding - English meaning

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

verb

To make a mistake

Usage examples:

It’s preferable to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful) rather than risk disaster.

noun

A mistake.

Usage examples:

Spelling errors

noun

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

Usage examples:

[ 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

Usage examples:

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

abbreviation

Feminine.

symbol

(in units of measurement) femto- (10−15).

Usage examples:

The detection limits of the enzymatic activity tests are between 10 and 500 fg per test

noun

The sixth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

They are guaranteed f's if they goof around

verb

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

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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

noun

A wrong or false belief or opinion.

Usage examples:

The misbelief that alcohol problems require a specialist response

verb

Calculate (an amount or measurement) wrongly.

Usage examples:

They miscalculated the number of new houses that would need to be built

verb

To make a mistake when calculating an amount or judging someone or something

Usage examples:

[ t ] swensen badly miscalculated the time it would take., they thought they could win the war, and…

verb

To calculate an amount wrongly

Usage examples:

The water company had deliberately miscalculated the data it supplies to the regulator., the insura…

noun

An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement.

Usage examples:

Miscalculations were made in counting properties

noun

The act of calculating an amount wrongly

Usage examples:

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

verb

Fail to understand (something) correctly.

Usage examples:

Some academic latinists did misconceive pound's poem in that way

verb

To understand something incorrectly, or to think that something is different to the way it really is

Usage examples:

But the film's creators misconceive the true nature of corruption., it claims that these lawyers ar…

noun

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

Usage examples:

Public misconceptions about antibiotic use

noun

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

Usage examples:

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

noun

The action of misconstruing words or actions; misinterpretation.

Usage examples:

I used a phrase which may be open to misconstruction

noun

A failure to understand the meaning or intention of something that someone says or does, or a wrong idea that is based on this failure

Usage examples:

She said his ideas were open to misconstruction., it is a misconstruction to consider this policy a…

noun

A failure to correctly represent a meaning or intention

Usage examples:

This is a deliberate misconstruction of his words., it is completely wrong and a misconstruction to…

verb

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

Usage examples:

My advice was deliberately misconstrued

verb

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

Usage examples:

Johnson complained that his statements were misconstrued.

verb

Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.

Usage examples:

I think you're misinterpreting the situation

verb

To not understand or explain something correctly

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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

Usage examples:

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

noun

The action of forming a wrong opinion or conclusion about something.

Usage examples:

They apologised for the mistake and the misjudgement of staff

noun

An unfair or wrong opinion about someone or something

Usage examples:

Their decision to sell the house was a disastrous misjudgment., he is accused of making serious mis…

verb

Read (a piece of text) wrongly.

Usage examples:

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

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

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

Usage examples:

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).

Usage examples:

A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun

A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.

Usage examples:

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.

Usage examples:

Miss hazel armstrong

noun

An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.

Usage examples:

Coming here was a mistake

verb

Be wrong about.

Usage examples:

Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

noun

An action or decision that is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or not intended

Usage examples:

We all make mistakes., [ + to infinitive ] it was a mistake to come to this restaurant without a re…

idiom

Assemble without order or sense

phrasal verb

Spoil the order or arrangement of a collection of things.

Usage examples:

The papers got mixed up when they slid off her lap

phrasal verb

Confuse someone or something with another person or thing.

Usage examples:

I'd got her mixed up with her sister