verb
Meaning 1
To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
misinterpret
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S IH0 N T ER1 P R AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
interpret in the wrong way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misconstrue, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interpret, construe, see
verb
Meaning 3
interpret wrongly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I misread Hamlet all my life!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misread
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take, read
verb
Meaning 4
interpret falsely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rede, interpret
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English interpret English misinterpret From mis- + interpret.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: mésinterpréter — to interpret wrongly
- Galician: malinterpretar — to interpret wrongly
- German: missverstehen — to interpret wrongly
- Greek: παρερμηνεύω (parerminévo) — to interpret wrongly
- Norwegian Bokmål: mistolke — to interpret wrongly
- Norwegian Bokmål: feiltolke — to interpret wrongly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mistolke — to interpret wrongly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: feiltolke — to interpret wrongly
- Polish: błędnie interpretować — to interpret wrongly
- Polish: błędnie zinterpretować — to interpret wrongly
- Spanish: malinterpretar — to interpret wrongly
- Spanish: malentender — to interpret wrongly
- Swedish: misstolka — to interpret wrongly
- Swedish: misstyda — to interpret wrongly
- Swedish: feltolka — to interpret wrongly
- Swedish: vantolka — to interpret wrongly
- Telugu: వక్రీకరించు (vakrīkariñcu) — to interpret wrongly