misjudge

«misjudge» in Mova's school dictionary: to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (misjudge, misjudges, misjudged, misjudging)

meaning for a pupil

1) To misjudge something is to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or a time. tree →

2) To misjudge a person is to form a wrong or unfair opinion about them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, people misjudge the speed of cars when crossing the road, or the depth of water before jumping in. In sport, a player may misjudge a ball. In stories, a character misjudges someone and later learns they were kind. Phrases: "misjudge the distance", "misjudge the situation".

examples

• I misjudged the jump and landed in the puddle. tree →
• Drivers can misjudge how fast a bike is going. tree →
• Never misjudge how deep the water is; check first. tree →
• I misjudged her; she is actually very kind. tree →
• He misjudged the time and missed the bus. tree →
• The goalkeeper misjudged the ball. tree →
• As long as I live I shall never forget the wrong I have done you in so misjudging you, and in causing your father to suspect you. tree →

note

Regular: misjudged, misjudging (drop the e). Noun: misjudgement (British) or misjudgment (American). The prefix "mis-" means wrongly.

In the corpora

• A train is faster and closer than it looks, so it is easy to misjudge.

Trees and pragmatics

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