Definition of mistakes Mistakes
/mɪstejˈks/ - [misteyks] -
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Wiktionary 
- mistakes (Noun)
Plural of mistake.
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| mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" | ||
| error, fault | ||
| nonaccomplishment, nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal | ||
| blot, smirch, smear, stain, spot an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" | ||
| mix-up, confusion a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" | ||
| incursion the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room" | ||
| miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning a mistake in calculating | ||
| distortion the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | ||
| parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball | ||
| offside (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) | ||
| lapse, oversight a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" | ||
| skip, omission a gait in which steps and hops alternate | ||
| botch, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, bloomer, pratfall an embarrassing mistake | ||
| balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up something badly botched or muddled | ||
| betise, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness, folly retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot | ||
| mistake - 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" | ||
| misunderstanding, misapprehension | ||
| misconception an incorrect conception | ||
| mistake - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" | ||
| error | ||
| misstatement a statement that contains a mistake | ||
| corrigendum a printer's error; to be corrected | ||
Verb |
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| mistake - identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" | ||
| misidentify | ||
| identify consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" | ||
| confound, confuse mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" | ||
| mistake - to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
| err, slip | ||
| slip up, trip up, stumble detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" | ||
| misremember remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date" | ||
| slip up, trip up, stumble detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" | ||
| misjudge judge incorrectly | ||
| fall for fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil" | ||
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Wiktionary
- mistake (Noun)
An error; a blunder. - mistake (Noun)
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place. - mistake (Verb)
To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else. - mistake (Verb)
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mistake (v. t.)
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. - mistake (v. t.)
To take or choose wrongly. - mistake (v. t.)
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. - mistake (v. t.)
To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. - mistake (v. t.)
To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. - mistake (v. i.)
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. - mistake (n.)
An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. - mistake (n.)
Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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mistake
A mistake, an oversight, a slight; usually apologetic, referring to one's own failures. -
mistake
To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly. -
mistake
To make a mistake or be incorrect. -
mistake
To identify incorrectly. -
mistake
An incorrect action not made deliberately.
