[ UK /mɪstˈe‍ɪk/ ]
[ US /mɪˈsteɪk/ ]
VERB
  1. to make a mistake or be incorrect
  2. identify incorrectly
    Don't mistake her for her twin sister
NOUN
  1. an understanding of something that is not correct
    he wasn't going to admit his mistake
    there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister
    make no mistake about his intentions
  2. part of a statement that is not correct
    the book was full of errors
  3. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
    she was quick to point out my errors
    he made a bad mistake
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How To Use mistake In A Sentence

  • In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
  • Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
  • It's a common mistake.
  • The danger in Iraq is repeating the biggest mistake - yielding to gradualism.
  • If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. Bill Clinton 
  • She'd forgotten that for the next few weeks she'd be sleeping only feet away from the man she'd mistakenly raged at earlier.
  • So I expose them to the objective complement and the compellative, and then stand aghast at their behavior when they make all the mistakes that can possibly be made in using a given number of words. Reveries of a Schoolmaster
  • He was concerned that mistakes could be made which could cost the public money and wanted to know if the systems employed had been properly calibrated and checked.
  • Similarly, I might make a similar mistake with the Andy Warhol.
  • And sometimes those mistakes wind up back to back on a Sunday afternoon.
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