Meaning of MISINTERPRET
| Pronunciation: | | `misin'turprit
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- [v] interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
- [v] interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"
- [v] interpret falsely
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| | Synonyms: | | be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misread, misunderstand |
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| | See Also: | | construe, interpret, interpret, read, see, take | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t.
To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a
wrong sense.
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| | Related Terms: | | bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent, mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue, pervert, screw up, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench |
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