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misread
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb misread has 2 senses
- misread(v = verb.cognition) Array - read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data" is one way to read, scan
- misread(v = verb.cognition) misinterpret - interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" is one way to read, take
Derived form noun misreading1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun misreading1
Sample sentences:
They won't misread the story
Sam and Sue misread the movie
OXFORD DICTIONARY
misread, v.tr. (past and past part. -read) read or interpret (text, a situation, etc.) wrongly.
THESAURUS
misread
catachrestic, contort, distort, distorted, do amiss, eisegetical, garble, garbled, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, misapply, misapprehend, misapprehended, miscall, miscite, misconceive, misconceived, misconduct, misconstrue, misconstrued, miscount, misdeal, misdeem, misemploy, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misfield, misinterpret, misinterpreted, misjudge, mismanage, misplay, misprint, misquote, misrender, misreport, misspell, mistake, mistaken, mistranslate, misunderstand, misunderstood, misuse, pervert, perverted, squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench
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