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# misinterpret

verb (misinterprets, misinterpreted, misinterpreting)

«misinterpret» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/#m1)

### In the lessons

a character who gets another's meaning wrong, which leads to trouble in the story

### Examples

- Do not misinterpret my silence; I was only thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/#x1)
- The cat misinterpreted the dog's wag as a threat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/#x2)
- He misinterpreted the instructions and built the tent upside down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/#x3)
- She misinterpreted the question and added instead of subtracting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «misinterpret» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«misinterpret» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/misinterpret.html) on Mova free.