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Meaning of mistake
mistake (n)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
an understanding of something that is not correct
part of a statement that is not correct
mistake (v)
identify incorrectly
to make a mistake or be incorrect
mistake (v. t.)
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
To take or choose wrongly.
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
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.
Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
mistake Sentence Examples
- I made a mistake by forgetting my keys at home.
- It was a silly mistake, but it cost me a lot of time.
- We should learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them.
- I accidentally sent the wrong email; it was an embarrassing mistake.
- The doctor admitted that he had made a mistake in the diagnosis.
- The team's mistake resulted in a loss of the match.
- I apologized for my mistake and promised not to do it again.
- Avoiding mistakes is impossible, but we can strive to minimize them.
- The company's mistake had serious consequences for its customers.
- We can't dwell on our mistakes; we need to move forward and learn from them.
FAQs About the word mistake
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, an understanding of something that is not correct, part of a statement that is not corr
trip, misjudgment, error, miscalculation,blunder, misstep, slip, inaccuracy, stumble, misjudging
strictness, exactitude, precision, strictness, correctness,accuracy, exactitude, precision, exactness, accuracy
I made a mistake by forgetting my keys at home.
It was a silly mistake, but it cost me a lot of time.
We should learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them.
I accidentally sent the wrong email; it was an embarrassing mistake.
