Dictionary Definition
mistake
Noun
1 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" [syn: error, fault]
2 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" [syn: misunderstanding,
misapprehension]
3 part of a statement that is not correct; "the
book was full of errors" [syn: error]
Verb
1 identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for
her twin sister" [syn: misidentify]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /mIs"teIk/
- /mɪs'teɪk/
- Rhymes: -eɪk
Verb
- To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another.
- To make an error, to do something in wrong way.
Translations
To understand wrongly (1)
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 誤會, 误会 (wùhuì)
- Danish: misforstå
- Dutch: misverstaan
- Esperanto: malinterpreti
- Finnish: ymmärtää väärin; (to mistake sb for sth) luulla
- French: se tromper
- German: missverstehen, mißverstehen
- Hindi: ग़लत समझना (galat samajhnā)
- Hungarian: félreért
- Indonesian: salah paham
- Italian: fraintendere
- Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru)
- Korean: 오해하다 (ohaehada)
- Kurdish:
- Malay: salah faham
- Norwegian: misforstå
- Polish: pomylić
- Portuguese: confundir-se
- Russian: неправильно понимать (neprávil’no ponimát’)
- Spanish: entender mal
- Swedish: missförstå, missta
- Turkish: yanlış anlamak
- Urdu: (galat samajhnā)
To make an error (2)
- Dutch: een fout maken, in de fout gaan
- Finnish: tehdä virhe
- French: se tromper
- Hindi: ग़लत करना (galat karnā)
- Italian: sbagliare
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian: ta feil
- Polish: pomylić się
- Swedish: missta, begå ett misstag (commit a mistake)
- Turkish: yanlış yapmak, hata yapmak, hata etmek
- Urdu: (galat karnā)
- ttbc Esperanto: erari
- ttbc Indonesian: salah paham, salah mengerti
- ttbc Interlingua: comprender mal, intender mal, confunder
- ttbc Italian: sbagliare
- ttbc Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai-suru)
- ttbc Portuguese: entender mal, confundir
- ttbc Slovene: zmotiti se
- ttbc Spanish: confundir
- ttbc Telugu: పొరబడు (porabaDu)
Noun
- An error; a blunder.
- A fetus aborted on gender-selective grounds or a child who was born the unwanted gender, usually female. italbrac one boy and seven mistakes
- A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
Translations
An error (1)
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 错误 (cuòwù)
- Czech: chyba
- Dutch: fout , misverstand , blunder , vergissing
- Esperanto: eraro
- Finnish: virhe, moka italbrac colloquial, kämmi italbrac colloquial, fiba italbrac slang
- French: faute , erreur
- German: Fehler
- Hindi: ग़लत (galat) , ग़लती (galatī) , ग़लत फ़हमी (galat fahmī)
- Hungarian: hiba
- Indonesian: kesalahan, kekeliruan
- Interlingua: error
- Italian: errore , sbaglio
- Japanese: 間違い (まちがい, machigai), 過ち (あやまち, ayamachi)
- Korean: 잘못 (jalmot)
- Kurdish:
- Marathi: चूक (čūk)
- Norwegian: feil
- Polish: pomyłka
- Portuguese: erro , engano , equívoco
- Russian: ошибка (ošíbka)
- Slovene: napaka , zmota
- Spanish: error , equivocación
- Swedish: fel , miss , misstag
- Telugu: పొరపాటు (porapaaTu)
- Turkish: hata, yanlış
- Urdu: (galat) , (galatī) , (galat fahmī)
Related terms
Extensive Definition
A mistake is an error.
Mistake may also refer to:
- Mistake (contract law), an excuse for non-performance of a contract
- Mistake (criminal law), or mistake of fact, a defense to criminal charges on the grounds of ignorance of a fact
- Mistake of law, a defense to criminal charges on the grounds of ignorance of law
- Mistake (song), a 2006 pop song by Stephanie McIntosh
- "Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)", a 1982 song by Mike Oldfield
See also
- The Mistake, disambiguation
- Mistaken, disambiguation
- Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake, an album by James Figurine
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bad job, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob, botch, bungle, clanger, clerical error, clumsy
performance, contort,
corrigendum,
distort, erratum, error, etourderie, failure, false step, fault, faute, faux pas, flub, fluff, foozle, fumble, gaffe, garble, gaucherie, get one wrong, get
wrong, gloss, goof, hash, howler, human error, indiscretion, make a
miscue, make a mistake, mess, misapply, misapprehend, misapprehension,
miscalculation,
miscarriage,
miscite, misconceive, misconception, misconstrue, miscount, miscue, misdeal, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentification,
misidentify,
misinterpret,
misjudge, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, miss, misstatement, misstep, mistranslate, misunderstand, misunderstanding,
misuse, muff, near-miss, off day, pervert, sad work, slip, slipup, squeeze, strain the sense,
stumble, take for,
torture, trip, twist the words, typo, typographical error, wrench