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ymmärtää väärin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • misconstrue verb To take the wrong meaning from what someone says or does.
  • mistake noun An action, decision, or belief that is wrong or incorrect.
  • misunderstand verb To understand something incorrectly.

Senses

ymmärtää väärin is used for these senses in English:

  • misconstrue (transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
  • mistake (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
  • misunderstand (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

mistake — full definition

  1. noun An action, decision, or belief that is wrong or incorrect.
  2. verb To misunderstand or wrongly identify someone or something.
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