Meaning of MISUNDERSTANDING
| Pronunciation: | | `misundur'standing
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- [n] an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"
- [n] putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"
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| | Synonyms: | | misapprehension, misinterpretation, mistake, mistaking |
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| | See Also: | | imbroglio, interpretation, misconception, misconstrual, misconstruction, misreading | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis*un`der*stand"ing\, n.
1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. --Bacon.
2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
``Misunderstandings among friends.'' --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse of terms, agreement to disagree, argument, catachresis, clerical error, contorting, controversy, corrigendum, cross-purposes, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disagreement, discord, disparity, dispute, dissension, distortion, dividedness, division, eisegesis, erratum, error, failure, fault, faute, garbling, gloss, human error, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage, miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal, misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misidentification, misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misreport, miss, misstatement, mistake, mistaking, mistranslation, misuse, misuse of words, odds, perversion, polarization, quarrel, rift, squeezing, torturing, twisting, typo, typographical error, variance, wrenching, wrong impression |
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