verb🔗ShareTo understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another."My sister mistakenly thought the math problem was easy, but she struggled with it afterward. "mindhumanpersonactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo misunderstand (someone)."I mistook my classmate for her twin sister because they look so alike. "communicationlanguagemindhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong."I mistakenly turned off the wrong light switch, leaving the entire room in darkness. "mindhumanactionattitudeemotionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take or choose wrongly."I mistakenly took my sister's jacket to school this morning. "mindcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareErroneous."A mistaken sense of loyalty."mindcharacterattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief."He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers."mindattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading