mistake
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(noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "the fault was all mine" |
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Synonyms: error, fault |
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Related Words: balls-up, ballup, betise, blooper, blot, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, confounding, confusion, distortion, flub, folly, foolishness, footfault, foul-up, fuckup, imbecility, lapse, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misdoing, misestimation, misreckoning, mix-up, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, omission, oversight, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slipup, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stupidity |
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(verb) identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" |
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Synonyms: misidentify |
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Related Words: identify |
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(verb) mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
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Synonyms: confound, confuse |
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Related Words: construe, interpret |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
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Related Words: misconception |
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(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect |
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Synonyms: err, slip |
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Related Words: blunder, fall for, misjudge, misremember, slip up, stumble, trip up |
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(noun) part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" |
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Synonyms: error |
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Related Words: corrigendum, erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, misstatement, typo, typographical error |
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