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Misread Common

Misread has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

An instance of reading wrongly.

Verb
1

read or interpret wrongly

"He misread the data"

2

interpret wrongly

"I misread Hamlet all my life!"

3

To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
read take

Origin

The word "misread" comes from Middle English and originally meant to advise or read incorrectly. It is formed by combining the prefix "mis-" with the verb "read."

Rhyming Words
yead read lead mead pead head bead sead dead glead tread oread aread ahead knead blead dread stead plead snead
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