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misinterpret

verb
verb
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they misinterpret
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪt//
 he / she / it misinterprets
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪts//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪts//
 past simple misinterpreted
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪd//
 past participle misinterpreted
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪd//
 -ing form misinterpreting
BrE BrE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪŋ//
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misinterpret something (as something/doing something) to understand something/somebody wrongly synonym misconstrue, misread His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project. She deliberately misinterpreted the question. compare interpret Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcompletely, easily, deliberately, … verb + misinterpretbe easy to prepositionas See full entryExtra examples It would be easy to misinterpret results from such a small sample. In some areas, a friendly remark to a person of the opposite sex may be misinterpreted. She frequently felt that her work was being misinterpreted. The policemen seemed to be deliberately misinterpreting his answers.
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