misinterpret
verb /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprət/
/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprət/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misinterpret | /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprət/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprət/ |
| he / she / it misinterprets | /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprəts/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprəts/ |
| past simple misinterpreted | /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/ |
| past participle misinterpreted | /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/ |
| -ing form misinterpreting | /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪŋ/ |
- misinterpret something (as something/doing something) to understand something/somebody wrongly synonym misconstrue, misread
- His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project.
- She deliberately misinterpreted the question.
Extra Examples- It would be easy to misinterpret results from such a small sample.
- In some areas, a friendly remark to a person of the opposite sex may be misinterpreted.
- She frequently felt that her work was being misinterpreted.
- The policemen seemed to be deliberately misinterpreting his answers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- easily
- deliberately
- …
- be easy to
- as