Dictionary Entry
mistake
mistake is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
- 2transitive verb
To take or choose wrongly.
- 3transitive verb
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
- 4transitive verb
To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
- 5transitive verb
To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
- 6intransitive verb
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
- 7noun
An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
- 8noun
Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
- 9noun
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
"he made a bad mistake"
"she was quick to point out my errors"
- 10noun
an understanding of something that is not correct
"he wasn't going to admit his mistake"
"make no mistake about his intentions"
Synonyms
- 11noun
part of a statement that is not correct
"the book was full of errors"
Synonyms
- 12verb
to make a mistake or be incorrect
- 13verb
identify incorrectly
"Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
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