Misinterpret

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To interpret inaccurately.
  • v. To explain inaccurately.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To interpret erroneously; do the work of interpreter incorrectly or falsely; understand or explain in a wrong sense.
  • Synonyms See translate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. interpret in the wrong way
  • v. interpret falsely
  • v. interpret wrongly
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    see    interpret    construe    rede    take    read   
    Synonym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound