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Definition of mistake verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

mistake

 verb
verb
NAmE//mɪˈsteɪk//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mistake
 
 he / she / it mistakes
 
 past simple mistook
 
 past participle mistaken
 
 -ing form mistaking
 
 
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 to not understand or judge someone or 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. Phrasal Verbsmistake for
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