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MISAPPREHEND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misapprehend ... he / she / it misapprehends
Past simple: misapprehended
Past participle: misapprehended
-ing form: misapprehending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret in the wrong way
Example:
She misconstrued my remarks
Synonyms:
be amiss; misapprehend; misconceive; misconstrue; misinterpret; misunderstand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "misapprehend" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misapprehension (an understanding of something that is not correct)
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