mistake
/mɪˈsteɪk/
noun
- 1
An error; a blunder.
- 2
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
verb
- 1
To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.”
- 2
To misunderstand (someone).
- 3
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
- 4
To take or choose wrongly.
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