misreadmis‧read /ˌmɪsˈriːd/ verb (past tense and past participle misread /-ˈred/) [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
I think she misread the situation. He may be misreading her intentions.2to read something incorrectly: The doctor must have misread the notes.—misreading noun [countable, uncountable]: a misreading of the situation
Verb TableVERB TABLE
misread
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | misread |
| he, she, it | misreads | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | misread |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have misread |
| he, she, it | has misread | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had misread |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will misread |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have misread |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am misreading |
| he, she, it | is misreading | |
| you, we, they | are misreading | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was misreading |
| you, we, they | were misreading | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been misreading |
| he, she, it | has been misreading | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been misreading |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be misreading |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been misreading |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The intelligence community was criticized for misreading Iraq's intentions.
- Unfortunately, we misread the situation and lost a lot of sales.
- We misread the level of interest in the campaign.
- Auditory processing challenges further contributed to his sense of confusion and, at times, to misreading of situations.
- Hobert misread a coverage, thought he was looking at a blitz and threw a killer interception.
- I believe Taylor is misreading the situation yet again by delaying his comeback.
- It was found that tests had been systematically misread since 1987.
- Jody misreads his caution for negativity and is mystified by his attitude.
- More, he had hinted, unless I had misread him, at a connection with the family.
- She was beginning to wonder if she'd misread it - got the time all wrong.
THESAURUS► misunderstand
1to make a wrong judgment about a person or situation SYN misinterpret: to think that someone means one thing, when in fact they mean something else: · I think you’ve misunderstood what I’m saying.· Some companies appear to have misunderstood the new rules.· Don’t misunderstand me - I have nothing against these people.
► get somebody/something wrong especially spoken to misunderstand someone or something – used especially in everyday spoken English: · Looks like you’ve got it all wrong.· You’ve got me all wrong - that’s not what I meant.· Tell me if I’ve got it wrong.
► mistake to misunderstand someone’s intentions, and react in the wrong way: · He was a very private man, and some people mistook this for unfriendliness.· I thought she wanted us to leave her alone, but I may been mistaken.
► misread/misjudge to wrongly believe that someone’s actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling, or that a situation means that you should behave in particular way: · The party completely misread the mood of the voters at the last election.· Eddie wondered if he should be scared, too. Maybe he had misjudged the situation.
► misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone’s actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: · A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.· Struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations were misinterpreted.
► misconstrue formal to misunderstand something that someone has said or done: · She claimed that members of the press had misconstrued her comments.
► miss the point to not understand the main part or meaning of what someone is saying or what something is intended to do: · I think you’re missing the whole point of the film.· If he thinks it’s all about how much profit he can make, then he’s missing the point.
► get the wrong end of the stick British English informal to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: · Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
Longman Language Activatorto not understand something correctly► misunderstand to think that someone means one thing when in fact they mean something else: · I think she misunderstood you.· I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood.· According to Bennett, you misunderstood the reason you were dropped from the list.
► misunderstanding a problem caused when someone does not understand something correctly: · There seems to have been a misunderstanding. I didn't order steak.· Cultural differences between people from different countries can sometimes lead to misunderstandings.
► misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone's actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: · Your friendliness could easily be misinterpreted.· A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.
► misread to wrongly believe that someone's actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling: · Unfortunately, we misread the situation and lost a lot of sales.· The intelligence community was criticized for misreading Iraq's intentions.
► miss the point if you miss the point , you think you understand what someone says or what is important about a situation, but in fact you are wrong: · I soon realised that he had completely missed the point.· He's so caught up in the rules that he's missing the point of the game, which is just to have fun.
► take something the wrong way to be offended or upset by a remark that was not intended to offend or upset you, because you understood it wrongly: · Don't tell Simon that -- he might take it the wrong way.· No, that's not what I meant. You take everything the wrong way.don't take this the wrong way (=say this when you want to give advice or ask something that you think might offend someone): · Don't take this the wrong way, but could I stay at your place tonight?
► get the wrong end of the stick British an informal expression meaning to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: · Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
► be at cross-purposes if two people are at cross-purposes , each of them thinks that they understand what the other is talking about, when in fact they are talking about two different things: · I think we're at cross purposes -- I'm talking about John, not Nigel.
► don't get me wrong spoken say this when you do not want someone to understand something wrongly or be upset by what you say: · I like Jenny, don't get me wrong, but I do think she acts a little childishly at times.· Don't get me wrong, I love my family, I just don't want to be with them all the time.
► lose the plot British spoken to suddenly be unable to understand what is happening in a situation, especially when people expect you to understand and deal with it: · In the past few days the President seems to have completely lost the plot.
I think she misread the situation. He may be misreading her intentions.2to read something incorrectly: The doctor must have misread the notes.—misreading noun [countable, uncountable]: a misreading of the situation