mistake (verb)

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• mistake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, colossal (esp. AmE), great, huge ▪ It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you. ▪ bad, dreadful …   Collocations dictionary

• mistake — mis·take n 1: an unintentional error esp. in legal procedure or form that does not indicate bad faith and that commonly warrants excuse or relief by the court the court s power to revise a judgment because of fraud, mistake, or irregularity a… …   Law dictionary

• mistake — ► NOUN 1) a thing that is incorrect. 2) an error of judgement. ► VERB (past mistook; past part. mistaken) 1) be wrong about. 2) (mistake for) confuse (someone or something) with …   English terms dictionary

• mistake — mis|take1 [ mı steık ] noun count *** 1. ) something that you have not done correctly, or something you say or think that is not correct: make a mistake: I won t make the same mistake again! Don t worry, it s an easy mistake to make. correct a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mistake — 1 /mi steIk/ noun (C) 1 INCORRECT ACTION/OPINION ETC something that has been done incorrectly, or an opinion or statement that is incorrect: Hitting the ball too hard in golf is a typical beginner s mistake. | make a mistake: I think you ve made… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mistake — [[t]mɪste͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦ mistakes, mistaking, mistook, mistaken 1) N COUNT: oft N of ing, also by N 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. They made the big mistake of… …   English dictionary

• mistake — /məˈsteɪk / (say muh stayk) noun 1. an error in action, opinion or judgement. 2. a misconception or misapprehension. 3. Colloquial an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. –verb (mistook, mistaken, mistaking) –verb (t) 4. to take or regard as… …  

• mistake — I UK [mɪˈsteɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms mistake : singular mistake plural mistakes *** Metaphor: Making a mistake is like falling over, or like being clumsy and dropping things. She stumbled over the speech. ♦ You tripped up there: what… …   English dictionary

• mistake — 1. noun I assumed it had been a mistake Syn: error, fault, inaccuracy, omission, slip, blunder, miscalculation, misunderstanding, oversight, misinterpretation, gaffe, faux pas, solecism; informal slip up, boo boo, blooper, boner, goof, f …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mistake*/*/ — [mɪˈsteɪk] noun [C] I 1) something that you have not done correctly, or something you say or think that is not correct spelling/grammar mistakes[/ex] 2) something that you do that you later wish you had not done, because it causes a lot of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins