Misunderstand

Mis-unˊder-stand′

(mĭs-ŭnˊdẽr-stănd′)

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Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Misunderstood

(mĭs-ŭnˊdẽr-stoŏd′)

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Misunderstanding

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To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

Misunderstand

MISUNDERSTAND'

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Verb.

T.

To misconceive; to mistake; to take in a wrong sense.

misunderstand

English

Verb

misunderstand ‎(third-person singular simple present misunderstands, present participle misunderstanding, simple past and past participle misunderstood)

(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

Synonyms

take (something) the wrong way

Translations

to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly

Albanian: keqkuptoj (sq)
Arabic: أَسَاءَ الْفَهْم ‎(ʾasāʾa l-fahm)
Armenian: սխալ հասկանալ ‎(sxal haskanal)
Catalan: malentendre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誤會 (zh), 误会 (zh) ‎(wùhuì), 誤解 (zh), 误解 (zh) ‎(wùjiě)
Czech: neporozumět, špatně pochopit
Danish: misforstå (da)
Dutch: misverstaan
Esperanto: malinterpreti
Estonian: valesti aru saama
Finnish: ymmärtää väärin, käsittää väärin
French: mal interpréter, méprendre (fr)
Georgian: არასწორად გაგება ‎(arasc̣orad gageba)
German: missverstehen, falsch verstehen
Greek: παρεξηγώ (el) ‎(parexigó)
Haitian Creole: konprann mal
Hindi: ग़लत समझना (galat samajhnā)
Hungarian: félreért (hu)
Icelandic: misskilja

Indonesian: salah paham
Italian: fraintendere (it), equivocare
Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru)
Khmer: យល់ខុស ‎(yʊəl kʰoh)
Korean: 오해하다 (ko) ‎(ohaehada)
Latin: male teneo, male intellego, male capio, male percipio, male scio, male comprehendo, fallor, fallo
Malay: salah faham
Maori: tuakoi
Mongolian: буруу ойлгох ‎(buruu ojlgoh)
Norwegian: misforstå (no)
Portuguese: entender mal
Russian: неправильно понимать (neprávil’no ponimát’)
Scottish Gaelic: mì-bhreithnich
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: pogrešno razumjeti
Spanish: entender mal, mal interpretar
Swedish: missförstå (sv)
Thai: เข้าใจผิด ‎(kâo jai pìt), เขว (th) ‎(kwăy)
Turkish: yanlış anlamak
Urdu: غلط سمجھنا ‎(galat samajhnā)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Misunderstand

Mis-unˊder-stand′

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Misunderstand

MISUNDERSTAND'

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