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- [mis-uhn-der-stand]
- /ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd/
- /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstænd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mis-uhn-der-stand]
- /ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd/
Definitions of misunderstand word
- verb with object misunderstand to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly. 1
- verb with object misunderstand to fail to understand or interpret rightly the words or behavior of. 1
- noun misunderstand Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly. 1
- transitive verb misunderstand understand sb wrongly 1
- intransitive verb misunderstand understand wrongly 1
- verb misunderstand If you misunderstand someone or something, you do not understand them properly. 0
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Origin of misunderstand
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
First recorded in 1150-1200, misunderstand is from the Middle English word misunderstanden. See mis-1, understand
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Parts of speech for Misunderstand
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misunderstand popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% 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.
misunderstand usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misunderstand
verb misunderstand
- 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.
- misjudge — Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
Antonyms for misunderstand
verb misunderstand
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- 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.
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