- 1to understand somebody/something wrongly synonym misinterpret misread something I'm afraid I completely misread the situation. misread something as something His confidence was misread as arrogance. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcompletely, totally, badly, … prepositionas See full entry
- 2misread something (as something) to read something wrongly I misread the 1 as a 7. You must have misread the address. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcompletely, totally, badly, … prepositionas See full entry Extra examples I misread ‘Mrs’ as ‘Mr’. I’m afraid I completely misread the situation. She had seen the warning signs but she had misread them.
misread
verbBrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈriːd//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈriːd//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they misread BrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈriːd//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈriːd//
he / she / it misreads BrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈriːdz//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈriːdz//
past simple misread BrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈred//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈred//
past participle misread BrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈred//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈred//
-ing form misreading BrE BrE//ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ//
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