mistake /mis'teik/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• (n.) an understanding of something that is not correct
• (v.) identify incorrectly

Chinese translation

• n. 错误, 误会
• vi. 犯错, 误认
• vt. 误解, 弄错

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/mis'teik/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao

Frequency

Zipf 4.67 · Rare

Word forms

mistaken, mistaking, mistook, mistakes

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