mistake

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To misunderstand (someone).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
4. (obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.

Noun

1. An error.
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.

Synonyms

error

fault

blunder

wrong

slip

aberration

err

lapse

failure

misunderstanding

flaw

misunderstand

accident

make an error

sin

negligence

faux pas

omission

offence

bad

👎

misjudge

defect

delusion

calamity

oversight

catastrophe

misapprehension

bungle

goof

bug

🐛

miss

disaster

mistaken

misinterpret

incorrect

misidentify

confuse

misconception

misconstrue

bloomer

make a mistake

misapprehend

misdeed

shortcoming

be wrong

inaccuracy

erroneous

gaffe

discrepancy

boo-boo

Translations

erreur

Fehler

errore

sbaglio

error

faute

equivocación

fout

erro

Irrtum

λάθος

vergissing

error

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪˈsteɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mistaken

Cognate with Icelandic: mistaka

Cognate with Swedish: missta

In summary

From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga).
The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb.

Sentences

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .