Meaning

1 senses
  1. To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.

    falsch lesen, falsch deuten, falsch verstehen

    непра́вильно прочита́тьneprávilʹno pročitátʹ

    read or interpret wrongly

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom misread the word.

    ruТом неправильно прочитал слово.

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  2. They misread those signs.

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  3. You misread what I wrote.

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  4. The postman misread the postcode.

    deDer Zusteller hat die Postleitzahl falsch gelesen.

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  5. I misread it.

    ruЯ прочитал это неправильно.

    deIch habe mich verlesen.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to read wrongly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to read wrongly:

Origin

From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”

From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).

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Forms

misreads, misreading, misread, misread
Base formmisread · to misread
3rd person singularmisreads
Present participlemisreading
Past simplemisread
Past participlemisread

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisread
he, she, itmisreads

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisread

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misread
he, she, ithas misread

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misread

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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