misapprehension

Examples

• All

• You obviously are under the misapprehension that A2.com sees itself as a news reporting organization.

  Blog text (32)

• I'd hate to think you're under any misapprehension about me or my family.

  Bringing Down the House (2003)

• "I think you might have a certain misapprehension about this match," he began after he introduced himself.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "I explained that her difference of opinion with you was based on a misapprehension," the computer said.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I hope we can discuss matters in the future without such a misapprehension in the background.

  Blog text (5)

• Gentlemen, I fear there has been some sort of misapprehension.

  Their Finest (2017)

• I was under some misapprehension.

  Bob Roberts (1992)

• I must correct your misapprehension.

  Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

• I'm sorry, I was under the misapprehension that your chosen profession was politics.

  Lincoln (2012)

• Well, I can see that I've been laboring under a misapprehension.

  Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

Synonyms

M

mistake

vsmisapprehension

615 1.0

A wrong idea or belief about something

is focused specifically on mistaken understanding or interpretation rather than all errors

M

misunderstanding

vsmisapprehension

243 1.6

When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem

is the single wrong interpretation itself rather than a mutual situation

M

misconception

vsmisapprehension

75 4.2

An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly

is a plain wrong interpretation without implying faulty reasoning behind it

M

mix-up

vsmisapprehension

53 3.3

A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another

is the single mistaken understanding, not necessarily from confusing items

C

confusion

vsmisapprehension

48 1.8

A mistake when one thing is thought to be another

is about incorrect understanding generally not only identity errors

M

misperception

vsmisapprehension

12 6.8

A wrong idea about something

is the general wrong understanding regardless of sensory or judgment origin

M

misinterpretation

vsmisapprehension

11 6.0

A wrong understanding of something that leads to wrong conclusions

is the general notion of a wrong understanding rather than the act of interpreting

M

misreading

vsmisapprehension

6 4.0

A wrong idea about what someone wrote or said

covers wrong understanding in any form, not only from reading or hearing

M

misimpression

vsmisapprehension

3 7.5

A wrong idea someone has about something

is the mistaken understanding itself rather than the settled belief aspect

M

misconstruction

vsmisapprehension

1 8.3

A wrong idea about what someone said or meant

is the simpler idea of wrong understanding without implying misrepresentation

M

misconstrual

vsmisapprehension

9.3

A wrong idea about what someone says or does

is the broader mistaken understanding without focusing on interpretation process

M

miscomprehension

vsmisapprehension

7.9

A failure to understand something correctly

is a mistaken understanding that may be less about failure and more about error

M

misprision

vsmisapprehension

• Archaic

9.9

A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said

is the basic mistaken understanding not tied to reporting or reading

M

mistakenness

vsmisapprehension

8.0

A state of being wrong about an idea or fact

is the specific act of wrong interpretation rather than the overall state

How Accurate

deep understanding

9 3.7

misapprehension

5 7.5

misinterpretation

11 6.0

misreading

6 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology