misread
verb/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misread | /ˌmɪsˈriːd/ /ˌmɪsˈriːd/ |
| he / she / it misreads | /ˌmɪsˈriːdz/ /ˌmɪsˈriːdz/ |
| past simple misread | /ˌmɪsˈred/ /ˌmɪsˈred/ |
| past participle misread | /ˌmɪsˈred/ /ˌmɪsˈred/ |
| -ing form misreading | /ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ/ |
- to understand somebody/something wrongly synonym misinterpret
- misread something I'm afraid I completely misread the situation.
- She had seen the warning signs but she had misread them.
- misread something as something His confidence was misread as arrogance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- badly
- …
- as
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- misread something (as something) to read something wrongly
- I misread the 1 as a 7.
- You must have misread the address.
- I misread ‘Mrs’ as ‘Mr’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- badly
- …
- as
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