mistake

Meaning of mistake

noun
  1. an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.
    coming here was a mistake
    she made the mistake of thinking they were important
verb
  1. be wrong about.
    because I was inexperienced I mistook the nature of our relationship

late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre .

Information about mistake

  • The plural form of mistake is: mistakes.
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Hyphenation of mistake

mis-take

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • mistake is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

mistake synonyms

Meaning error:

error, fault

Meaning misunderstanding:

misunderstanding, misapprehension

Meaning misidentify:

misidentify

Meaning err:

err, slip

Meaning an aspect of something that is not accurate:

inaccuracy

Meaning a person or thing that has been left out or excluded:

omission

Meaning a stupid or careless mistake:

blunder

Meaning an act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement:

miscalculation

Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:

flaw

Meaning an unintentional failure to notice or do something:

oversight

Meaning the action of interpreting something wrongly:

misinterpretation

Meaning a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments:

fallacy

Meaning an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder:

gaffe

Meaning a grammatical mistake in speech or writing:

solecism

Meaning a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding:

misconception

Meaning read (a piece of text) wrongly:

misreading, misread

Meaning a very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one:

howler

Meaning an erection of the penis:

boner

Meaning a mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test:

fail

Meaning an embarrassing mistake:

boob

Meaning an absurd or embarrassing blunder:

clanger

Meaning a mistake:

goof

Meaning a plant that produces flowers at a specified time:

bloomer

Meaning fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly:

misunderstand

Meaning interpret (something or someone) wrongly:

misinterpret

Meaning interpret (a person's words or actions) wrongly:

misconstrue

Meaning fail to understand (a person or their words) correctly; misinterpret:

misapprehend

Meaning fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at):

miss

Translation of mistake

Words that rhyme with mistake

take, Hayatake, atake, betake, caretake, foretake, rebetake, retake, offtake, withtake, bitake, shiitake, shitake, stocktake, downtake, intake, wapentake, reuptake, uptake, entertake, fortake, hartake, overtake, partake, pertake, prepartake, preundertake, reovertake, repartake, reundertake, undertake, alestake, bridestake, grubstake, peastake, restake, soopstake, stake, sweepstake, swoopstake, outtake, newtake

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