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- [mis-kuh n-seev]
- /ˌmɪs kənˈsiv/
- /ˌmɪ.skən.ˈsiːv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mis-kuh n-seev]
- /ˌmɪs kənˈsiv/
Definitions of misconceive word
- noun misconceive Fail to understand correctly. 1
- transitive verb misconceive understand wrongly 1
- verb misconceive to have the wrong idea; fail to understand 0
- verb transitive misconceive to conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand 0
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Origin of misconceive
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at mis-1, conceive
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Parts of speech for Misconceive
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adjective
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misconceive popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
misconceive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misconceive
verb misconceive
- misread — Read (a piece of text) wrongly.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
Antonyms for misconceive
verb misconceive
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
verb transitive misconceive
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
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