Usage of "misapprehend"

português

compreender mal

catalão

confondre

espanhol

malinterpretar

To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly.

compreender mal

Sinônimos

Examples for "mistake"

I said, 'I expect that sort of mistake often happens, Mr Parkis. 
 The End of the Affair 

But the question remains: is setting a transition date actually a mistake? 
 Wired 

However, US President Trump said he thought that would be a mistake. 
 News.com.au 

Ultimately, the referees' mistake had not changed the course of the game. 
 The Guardian 

To negotiate with terrorists in this particular case is a mistake . 
 The Irish Times 

This makes sense, and I don't make mistakes and misunderstand the situation. 
 Wired 

The major is the last man in the world to misunderstand me. 
 Armadale 

Do not imagine that I can misunderstand it; it does you honour. 
 Vivian Grey 

But do not misunderstand me; I admire the English private-thefighting man-exceedingly. 
 Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross 

You will not misunderstand that expression- Ispeakof my debt in money. 
 The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories 

Yet government is also notorious for its ability to misread technical change. 
 The Rational Optimist 

The problem is that both Beard and Fry have misread the situation. 
 The South African 

There are a number of reasons a good analyst might misread Apple. 
 The South African 

That suggests they either misread the market or decided not to listen. 
 Reuters 

She was not told her test had been misread until last year. 
 The Irish Times 

The mountaineer had evidently begun to misinterpret his visits to the cabin. 
 A Mountain Europa 

The persons who bring discredit on fashion are those who misinterpret it. 
 Manners and Social Usages 

Nor can I conceive that any one will so misinterpret the custom. 
 The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 

We get orders and levels tangled up; we misunderstand and misinterpret relations. 
 The Tyranny Of Words 

Try not to misinterpret and dismiss this vibe as a pushy one! 
 The South African 

A lot of people tried to misconstrue our position and our statement. 
 The South African 

Mr. Hamish, however, chose to misconstrue instructions in the most deplorable manner. 
 The Channings: A Story 

I wouldn't want you to get confused or to misconstrue my meaning. 
 The President's Assassin 

They say this is liable to misconstruction, and then misconstrue it themselves. 
 A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II 

We misconstrue the nature of even those few days or weeks. 
 The Guardian 

You cannot misconceive my motives in making this not very agreeable communication. 
 The Young Duke 

To hold it is wholly to misconceive the character of the Hitlerite counter-revolution. 
 The Guardian 

Then, children of one Father, they could not err nor misconceive one another. 
 Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to... 

But we shall entirely misconceive their sin if we judge it by our standards. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu... 

Do not misconceive me-butmessages relative to merest chores. 
 Memories of Hawthorne 

But reports about the inaugural committee's finances suggested something might be amiss. 
 NY Magazine 

Encouraged because nothing seemed to be amiss, he decided to try again. 
 Winter’s Tale 

If the governors would observe that order, it would not be amiss. 
 History of the Philippine Islands 

And then, fomentation proper for dispelling the wind will not be amiss. 
 The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C... 

All the same, a thought about the succession would not be amiss. 
 Scarlet 

Uso de misapprehend em inglês

Nor was it possible to misapprehend the meaning of what they beheld. 
 The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02 

Herein, permit me to say, you entirely misapprehend the spirit of the age. 
 St. Elmo 

You misapprehend me; M. de St. Auban has no desire to avert the duel. 
 The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sie... 

If you would do me the honour to listen, you would not misapprehend me. 
 Captain Blood 

I wish-andyou must not misapprehend me-thatI loved you. 
 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ... 

My lord, I should be very sorry for you to misapprehend me for a moment. 
 John Halifax, Gentleman 

It is that the Southern whites misapprehend and make a scarecrow of "social equality." 
 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4 

Beg pardon, you seem to misapprehend the idea. 
 Sixes and Sevens 

Our system, if we do not misapprehend it, will, in its maturity, provide abundantly for all. 
 The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V... 

We have seen again and again how easy it is to misapprehend what is given in experience. 
 An Introduction to Philosophy 

Those in an inferior station to yourself will doubt your good intentions, and misapprehend your plainest expressions. 
 Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries) 

You misapprehend the purpose of my mission. 
 The Golden Scorpion 

But to suppose the business done by calculation of that remarkable man is to misapprehend him altogether. 
 The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,... 

And yet-donot misapprehend me- Ineverthought of bewailing the maiden, or grieving over her early death. 
 A Thorny Path — Volume 01 

Well, I tell you you misapprehend her. 
 The Clique of Gold 

Even the owners of the institution begin to lose track of its activities and misapprehend its real standing. 
 After the Rain : how the West lost the East 