mistake
verb/mɪˈsteɪk/
/mɪˈsteɪk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mistake | /mɪˈsteɪk/ /mɪˈsteɪk/ |
| he / she / it mistakes | /mɪˈsteɪks/ /mɪˈsteɪks/ |
| past simple mistook | /mɪˈstʊk/ /mɪˈstʊk/ |
| past participle mistaken | /mɪˈsteɪkən/ /mɪˈsteɪkən/ |
| -ing form mistaking | /mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ/ /mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ/ |
- to not understand or judge somebody/something correctly synonym misconstrue
- mistake somebody/something I admit that I mistook his intentions.
- He had certainly changed, but nobody could mistake his voice.
- There was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice.
- mistake somebody/something as somebody/something I mistook her offer as a threat.
- mistake what… Sorry—I mistook what you said.
- My cab driver thought I must be mistaken about the new restaurant.
Extra Examples- There was no mistaking the admiration in his eyes.
- You can't mistake him. He has long red hair.
- They mistook the purpose of the ambassador's visit.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- cannot
- for
- there is no mistaking something
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre.
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