to misunderstand

Examples

• All

• It's easy to misunderstand someone's tone when reading a text message.

• If you don't ask questions, you might misunderstand the project's requirements.

• I think the thing that people misunderstand about success is

  Evan Carmichael

• What do you think people most misunderstand about your story?

• Yeah, no, I so I think people misunderstand what smart is.

• Regardless of their age, students often misunderstand what it takes to read a book or write a story.

  Academic text (1998)

• What does society misunderstand about wealth and what wealth is?

• People might, therefore, misunderstand each other completely if they do not know each other's cultures well.

  Academic text (1997)

• What do you think most gender studies scholars misunderstand about human nature?

• What do you think people most misunderstand about the microbiome?

Synonyms

M

to misread

vsto misunderstand

56 3.4

To understand words or actions in the wrong way

is broader covering any misunderstanding not just reading errors

M

to misinterpret

vsto misunderstand

23 4.2

To understand something in the wrong way

is more general meaning failure to understand not only explanation errors

M

to misconstrue

vsto misunderstand

22 7.7

To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way

is broader meaning a general failure to grasp intent

M

to misconceive

vsto misunderstand

1 7.5

To understand something in the wrong way

is a general failure to understand rather than a specific error

M

to misperceive

vsto misunderstand

1 7.7

To understand something in the wrong way

is broader covering all misunderstanding beyond sensory errors

M

to misapprehend

vsto misunderstand

1 8.2

To understand something wrongly

is the general term for failing to understand not only belief errors

M

to misprise

vsto misunderstand

• Archaic

9.9

To understand something in the wrong way

is the general failure to understand rather than a specific mistake

Antonyms

U

to understand

∞ 1.0

To know the meaning of something

How Understood

to grasp

146 4.1

to understand

∞ 1.0

to misunderstand

53 1.8

to misinterpret

23 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology