miscount
part of speech
verb (miscount, miscounts, miscounted, miscounting); noun (a miscount, miscounts)
meaning for a pupil
1) To count wrongly; to make a mistake when counting. tree →
2) (noun) A wrong count, especially of votes: «There was a miscount in the election». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, miscounting is a common mistake: missing an object or counting one twice. Tips: touch or tick each object, count in groups. In elections, a miscount can lead to a recount. In sport, a referee may miscount the players or the seconds. Phrases: «miscount the votes», «a recount after a miscount».
examples
- I miscounted the sweets and gave myself one extra. tree →
- The teacher miscounted and thought someone was missing. tree →
- There was a miscount, so they counted the votes again. tree →
- Tick each one so you don't miscount. tree →
- She miscounted the stitches in her knitting. tree →
- If you miscount by one, the whole pattern goes wrong. tree →
- The referee miscounted the substitutes. tree →
- We miscounted the days until the holiday – it's actually ten! tree →
- ‘The Seagull must have miscounted,’ thought he, and he paid for his beer. tree →
note
Regular verb: miscounted. Noun «a miscount» is countable. «Mis-» means wrongly. In maths problems, an «off by one» miscount is common: from 3 to 10 inclusive there are 8 numbers, not 7.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «miscount» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.