Mistake Definition
mĭ-stāk
mistaken, mistakes, mistaking, mistook
noun
mistakes
A fault in understanding, perception, interpretation, etc.
Webster's New World
An idea, answer, act, etc. that is wrong; error.
Webster's New World
A misconception or misunderstanding.
American Heritage
In contract law, a factual misunderstanding that may lead to a failure of a meeting of the minds.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- correctness
- success
- proof
- accuracy
- truth
- calculation
- correction
- understanding
- certainty
- interpretation
- interpretation. See syn. study at error.error
- knowledge
verb
mistaken, mistakes, mistaking, mistook
To understand or perceive wrongly; interpret or judge incorrectly.
Mistake someone's motives.
Webster's New World
To make a mistake.
Webster's New World
To take (someone or something) to be another; recognize or identify incorrectly.
To mistake one twin for the other.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- interpret
- be sure
- be certain
- comprehend
- understand
- perceive
- explain
- be accurate
- succeed
idiom
and no mistake
- certainly
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mistake
Origin of Mistake
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From Middle English mistaken to misunderstand from Old Norse mistaka to take in error mis- wrongly mei-1 in Indo-European roots taka to take
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry")
From Wiktionary
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