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miscountmis‧count /ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEmiscount |
Present | I, you, we, they | miscount | | he, she, it | miscounts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | miscounted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have miscounted | | he, she, it | has miscounted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had miscounted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will miscount | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have miscounted |
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Present | I | am miscounting | | he, she, it | is miscounting | | you, we, they | are miscounting | Past | I, he, she, it | was miscounting | | you, we, they | were miscounting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been miscounting | | he, she, it | has been miscounting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been miscounting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be miscounting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been miscounting |
- Census Bureau officials announced that they miscounted the nation's official population by 5 million people.
- I thought everyone was here, but I must have miscounted.
- They claim some ballots were miscounted.
to calculate or count something wrongly► miscalculate · We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated.· The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.miscalculate how much/how many/how long etc · Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here. ► miscount to count something wrongly: · I thought everyone was here, but I must have miscounted.miscount something: · Census Bureau officials announced that they miscounted the nation's official population by 5 million people. ► lose count to forget how many things or people you have already counted, when you are counting a lot of things over a long period: · I've been trying to keep a record of how many tickets we've sold, but I've lost count. ► overestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price or number by making the total too high: · I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated.· A Harvard University survey found that Americans significantly overestimate the cost of higher education. ► underestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price, or number by making it too low: · We saved about $1000 for our trip but we underestimated and may have to wait until next year to go.· Early mapmakers often underestimated the earth's circumference. to count wrongly: Sorry, I miscounted – we need ten copies, not nine. The votes were deliberately miscounted. |