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Meanings of misconceive in English
To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly.
Synonyms
Examples for "mistake"
Examples for "mistake"
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I said, 'I expect that sort of mistake often happens, Mr Parkis.
2
But the question remains: is setting a transition date actually a mistake?
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However, US President Trump said he thought that would be a mistake.
4
Ultimately, the referees' mistake had not changed the course of the game.
5
To negotiate with terrorists in this particular case is a mistake .
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This makes sense, and I don't make mistakes and misunderstand the situation.
2
The major is the last man in the world to misunderstand me.
3
Do not imagine that I can misunderstand it; it does you honour.
4
But do not misunderstand me; I admire the English private-thefighting man-exceedingly.
5
You will not misunderstand that expression- Ispeakof my debt in money.
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Yet government is also notorious for its ability to misread technical change.
2
The problem is that both Beard and Fry have misread the situation.
3
There are a number of reasons a good analyst might misread Apple.
4
That suggests they either misread the market or decided not to listen.
5
She was not told her test had been misread until last year.
1
The mountaineer had evidently begun to misinterpret his visits to the cabin.
2
The persons who bring discredit on fashion are those who misinterpret it.
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Nor can I conceive that any one will so misinterpret the custom.
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We get orders and levels tangled up; we misunderstand and misinterpret relations.
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Try not to misinterpret and dismiss this vibe as a pushy one!
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A lot of people tried to misconstrue our position and our statement.
2
Mr. Hamish, however, chose to misconstrue instructions in the most deplorable manner.
3
I wouldn't want you to get confused or to misconstrue my meaning.
4
They say this is liable to misconstruction, and then misconstrue it themselves.
5
We misconstrue the nature of even those few days or weeks.
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Nor was it possible to misapprehend the meaning of what they beheld.
2
Herein, permit me to say, you entirely misapprehend the spirit of the age.
3
You misapprehend me; M. de St. Auban has no desire to avert the duel.
4
If you would do me the honour to listen, you would not misapprehend me.
5
I wish-andyou must not misapprehend me-thatI loved you.
1
But reports about the inaugural committee's finances suggested something might be amiss.
2
Encouraged because nothing seemed to be amiss, he decided to try again.
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If the governors would observe that order, it would not be amiss.
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And then, fomentation proper for dispelling the wind will not be amiss.
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All the same, a thought about the succession would not be amiss.
Usage of misconceive in English
1
You cannot misconceive my motives in making this not very agreeable communication.
2
To hold it is wholly to misconceive the character of the Hitlerite counter-revolution.
3
Then, children of one Father, they could not err nor misconceive one another.
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But we shall entirely misconceive their sin if we judge it by our standards.
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Do not misconceive me-butmessages relative to merest chores.
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But you misconceive our mutual positions, my gentle Flora.
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How could the world thus misconceive and thwart him?
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But" (turning to the mass) "do not misconceive me.
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The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
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In which case, we may tax him with more or less inconsistency, but we should not misconceive him.
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To adopt Johnson's method is, in truth, to misconceive the whole nature of poetry and of poetic imagination.
12
Thankful I am not to think in this way now of physical law-notso to misconceive man's place in Nature.
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For the folk about these parts are apt to misconceive of our sufferings, and to have no feeling for us.
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Nobody who has read the striking essay in which these words appear could for a moment misconceive their author's meaning.
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When people misconceive a teacher's doctrine, they generally differ in the nature of their misconceptions, and split into sections and parties.
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IT WAS not unusual for company directors to confuse and misconceive increased turnover as improved profitability, a High Court judge said yesterday.
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Translations for misconceive
Portuguese
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