misinterpret

«misinterpret» in Mova's school dictionary: to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (misinterprets, misinterpreted, misinterpreting)

meaning for a pupil

To misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way. tree →

sense in the lessons

a character who gets another's meaning wrong, which leads to trouble in the story

examples

• Do not misinterpret my silence; I was only thinking. tree →
• The cat misinterpreted the dog's wag as a threat. tree →
• He misinterpreted the instructions and built the tent upside down. tree →
• She misinterpreted the question and added instead of subtracting. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «misinterpret» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.