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Meaning of mistake

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

mistake

Pronunciation:/mɪˈsteɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. An error; a blunder.

  2. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

verb

Definitions

  1. To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

    Example: Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.

  2. To misunderstand (someone).

  3. To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

  4. To take or choose wrongly.