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- [mis-reed]
- /mɪsˈrid/
- /ˌmɪsˈriːd/
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- [mis-reed]
- /mɪsˈrid/
Definitions of misread word
- noun misread Read (a piece of text) wrongly. 1
- verb misread If you misread something that has been written or printed, you look at it and think that it says something that it does not say. 1
- transitive verb misread read incorrectly 1
- verb misread If you misread a situation or someone's behaviour, you do not understand it properly. 0
- verb misread to read incorrectly 0
- verb misread to misinterpret 0
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Origin of misread
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; mis-1 + read1
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Parts of speech for Misread
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misread popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 50% 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.
misread usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misread
verb misread
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- misjudge — Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
adjective misread
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
Antonyms for misread
verb misread
- understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
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