ALL meanings of mistake
mis·take
M m - noun mistake error 1
- noun mistake wrong act or decision 1
- transitive verb mistake identify wrongly 1
- transitive verb mistake choose wrongly 1
- abbreviation MISTAKE misunderstand 1
- noun mistake an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. 1
- noun mistake a misunderstanding or misconception. 1
- verb with object mistake to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor. 1
- verb with object mistake to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly; misunderstand; misinterpret. 1
- verb without object mistake to be in error. 1
- idioms mistake and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake. 1
- noun mistake An action or judgment that is misguided or wrong. 1
- countable noun mistake If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want. 0
- countable noun mistake A mistake is something or part of something which is incorrect or not right. 0
- verb mistake If you mistake one person or thing for another, you wrongly think that they are the other person or thing. 0
- verb mistake If you mistake something, you fail to recognize or understand it. 0
- noun mistake an error or blunder in action, opinion, or judgment 0
- noun mistake a misconception or misunderstanding 0
- verb mistake to misunderstand; misinterpret 0
- verb mistake to take (for), interpret (as), or confuse (with) 0
- verb mistake to choose badly or incorrectly 0
- verb mistake to make a mistake in action, opinion, judgment, etc 0
- verb transitive mistake to understand or perceive wrongly; interpret or judge incorrectly 0
- verb transitive mistake to take (someone or something) to be another; recognize or identify incorrectly 0
- intransitive verb mistake to make a mistake 0
- noun mistake a fault in understanding, perception, interpretation, etc. 0
- noun mistake an idea, answer, act, etc. that is wrong; error 0