to misread
56
3.4
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈrɛd/
:
malinterpretar
- I'm sorry if you misread anything.
- misread the situation
- misread a word
- misread the text
And without the chaos, it can be misread as friendzone.
- And without the chaos, it can be misread as friendzone.
- And without the chaos, it can be misread as friend zone.
- Words that he correctly read in one sentence would be misread in a subsequent sentence.
- It'll just feel like regular sex, you know, But I misread that question.
- It was a window into the world of why these two women so often misread the public mood.
- And it doesn't just waste our time, it results in a lot of unnecessary suffering and heartbreak when we misread someone's intentions with us.
- Now a third reason I wasn't really going in with the numbers, but a third reason why men try to have sex too soon is sometimes they misread your signals.
- Or they tried their best to make a wonderful cake for somebody's birthday, but they misread the list of ingredients, and they put in far too much salt.
- It can be so easily mis misread or mistaken.
Examples
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OK, first time my bad, I misread this situation.
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Please, forgive me if I have misread your heart.
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Leonard: I misread the room, clearly.
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Did she misread the vibe?
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Will looks at her for a beat, having misread her reluctant behavior.
Fiction book (1996) -
I think you misread who you're talking to here.
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I just misread it, that's all.
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Meanwhile, Mayor Davidson apparently misread the public mood that fall.
Academic text (2007) -
I thought they were bored or disengaged, but in reality, I misread their "thinking expression" as a "bored expression."
Academic text (2005) -
I think I misread the instructions, which is why I assembled the furniture incorrectly.
Synonyms
53
1.8
To think something is true when it is not
23
4.2
To understand something in the wrong way
22
7.7
To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way
6
3.9
To form a wrong idea about someone or something
1
7.5
To understand something in the wrong way
1
7.7
To understand something in the wrong way
1
8.2
To understand something wrongly
1
8.1
Judge or estimate something wrongly
To understand something in the wrong way
How Accurate
∞
1.0
53
1.8
56
3.4
23
4.2
22
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misread starts with mis- meaning 'wrong', as in mistake or misunderstand, and ends with read, 'to look at and understand words'. So, misread is to 'read wrongly' or to understand something in the wrong way.