misread

«misread» in Mova's school dictionary: to read something wrongly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (misread, misreads, misread, misreading — past forms spelt the same, said «mis-RED»)

meaning for a pupil

1) To misread means to read something wrongly. tree →

2) To misread a situation or a person means to understand them wrongly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, misreading a question is a common reason for losing marks: reading «add» as «subtract», or missing «not». Tip: read the question twice and underline key words. In everyday life people misread signs, maps or times, and in stories characters misread someone's feelings, causing problems. Phrases: «misread the question», «misread the instructions», «misread the situation».

examples

• I misread the question and got it wrong. tree →
• He misread the clock and was late for school. tree →
• Read carefully so you don't misread the instructions. tree →
• She misread my silence as anger. tree →
• I misread «7» as «1» in the sum. tree →
• We misread the map and took the wrong path. tree →
• Don't misread the label on medicine. tree →
• The teacher thought I was rude, but she misread the situation. tree →

note

Irregular like «read»: present «misread» (mis-REED), past «misread» (mis-RED). Built from mis- (wrongly) + read. In maths tests, misreading «less than» as «more than» flips the answer — always reread.

In the corpora

• Real life: picture signs are still misread today.
• mis- means wrongly: misread, misspell, misbehave.
• Everyone misreads faces sometimes, so it is fair to check by asking.

Trees and pragmatics

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