Misunderstand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To understand incorrectly; misinterpret.
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  • v. To understand incorrectly, while thinking to have understood correctly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To understand amiss; attach a false meaning to; take in a wrong sense; misconceive; interpret or explain to one's self erroneously.
  • To fail to understand (a person with reference to his words or actions): as, I misunderstood you.
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  • v. interpret in the wrong way
    • Verb Form
    misunderstanding    misunderstands    misunderstood   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    see    interpret    construe   
    Variant
    misunderstood   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    misconceive    mistake    miscomprehend    misconstrue    misknow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grande    Hand    Land    Marchand    Rand   
     
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