| NOUN | communication | misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking | putting the wrong interpretation on |
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| Sounds | mihsihnter.prahtey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | putting the wrong interpretation on. | |
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| Example | "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error" | |
| Synonyms | misunderstanding, mistaking | |
| Narrower | imbroglio | A very embarrassing misunderstanding |
| misconstrual, misconstruction | A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | |
| misreading | misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading / reading | |
| Broader | interpretation | An explanation that results from interpreting something |
| Spanish | equivocación, error de interpretación, mal entendido, malentendido | |
| Catalan | malentès | |
| Verbs | misinterpret | interpret wrongly |
| misinterpret | interpret in the wrong way | |
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