to mistake
95
2.6
- verb
- /mɪˈsteɪk/
:
confundir (con)
- Do not mistake a loyal soldier for a fool, Germanius.
- many people mistake
- avoid mistaking
- observers mistake
And I want to say that a lot of people mistake me for Newman.
- And I want to say that a lot of people mistake me for Newman.
- Michael Jordan got mistaken for someone else.
- Like people mistake that for being all they need to do.
- Yeah, I think people mistake marketing as a way to sell.
- And there are shadows projected on this screen, and they mistake the shadows for reality.
- But yeah, I mistook it for a Knick knack.
- Oh my God, it mistakes the, the rails for metal barriers.
- So the keto diet is high fat diet, but people mistake that with a high protein diet.
- And in taking the ACTO mission distinction so seriously, we risk mistaking heuristics for targets.
- And he says, don't mistake me for one of those after the deluge people.
- People have mistaken them from for UFOs before.
- He said, don't mistake yourself for the wisdom.
Examples
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One could almost mistake you for a princess of Rohan.
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I mistook you for a friend of mine.
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Some of them may come over here and mistake you for an enemy. "Enemy!"
Fiction book (1991) -
"But it would be easy to mistake one for the other," he insisted.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I want to say that a lot of people mistake me for Newman.
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How could you mistake a stop sign for an acorn?
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Unfortunately, in the heat of immediate enthusiasm, we often mistake transient fashion for permanent enlightenment.
Academic text (1997) -
Without knowing that Langsner was based in L.A., one might mistake him for a dismissive New Yorker.
Academic text (2005) -
Quintanar is delighted, but Bentez cautions him not to mistake symptoms for causes.
Academic text (2003) -
It's easy to mistake the sound of a ringing phone for a fire alarm when you're distracted.
Synonyms
142
1.9
Think one person or thing is another by mistake
112
3.5
To think one person or thing is another
65
2.7
To make people confused and things messy
12
7.3
Mistake one thing or person for another
9
6.5
Say a person or thing is a different one
Mistake a person or object for a different one
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Slang
An embarrassing error caused by automatic text filters that change words into something silly
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mistake as a verb also comes from mis- 'wrong' and take 'to take', originally meaning 'to take someone the wrong way'. So to mistake a person for another is to identify them wrongly.