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to misinterpret
01
to understand or explain something incorrectly
Transitive: to misinterpret sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
misinterpret
3rd person singular
misinterprets
Present participle
misinterpreting
Past simple
misinterpreted
Past participle
misinterpreted
Examples
She misinterpreted his words and thought he was upset when he wasn't.
Lexical Tree
misinterpret
interpret
