misread
An instance of reading wronglyAn instance of reading wrongly.
» Tom misread the word.
Том неправильно прочитал слово.
Meaning
1 sensesAn instance of reading wrongly.
Examples
10 sentencesTom misread the word.
ruТом неправильно прочитал слово. — Wezel
They misread those signs.
You misread what I wrote.
The postman misread the postcode.
deDer Zusteller hat die Postleitzahl falsch gelesen. — brauchinet
I misread it.
ruЯ прочитал это неправильно. — BW
deIch habe mich verlesen. — al_ex_an_der
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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