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mistake

mis·take

UK/mɪˈsteɪk/ US/mɪˈsteɪk/ very common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

  • “he made a bad mistake”
  • “she was quick to point out my errors”
  • “I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults”
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2.

an understanding of something that is not correct

  • “he wasn”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “t have a sister”
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3.

part of a statement that is not correct

  • “the book was full of errors”
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verb

1.

identify incorrectly

  • “Don”
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2.

to make a mistake or be incorrect

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Origin

From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga). The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb. Compare Swedish misstag (“mistake”, noun), Faroese mistak (“mitake”, noun), Icelandic mistak (“mistake”, noun).

Phrases

  • and no mistake
  • by mistake
  • calculated mistake
  • category mistake
  • honest mistake
  • make a mistake
  • make no mistake
  • mistake fare
  • mistake windmills for giants
  • Wards Mistake

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