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misapprehend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb misapprehend has 1 sense
- misapprehend(v = verb.cognition) be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" is one way to construe, interpret, see
Derived form noun misapprehension1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
misapprehend, v. t.
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
misapprehend, v.tr. misunderstand (words, a person).
Derivative
misapprehension n. misapprehensive adj.
THESAURUS
misapprehend
contort, distort, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, miscite, misconceive, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, miss, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrenchROGET THESAURUS
misapprehend
Error
VB be erroneous, cause error, mislead, misguide, lead astray, lead into error, beguile, misinform, delude, give a false impression, give a false idea, falsify, misstate, deceive, lie, err, be in error, be mistaken, be deceived, mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself, fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error, be in the wrong, blunder, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate, play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes, trip, stumble, lose oneself, go astray, fail, be in the wrong box, take the wrong sow by the ear, put the saddle on the wrong horse, reckon without one's host, take the shadow for the substance, dream.Misinterpretation
VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.
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