misread
verb
- to understand incorrectly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.ɹiːd/ / /mɪsˈɹiːd/ / /mɪsˈɹɛd/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).
- An instance of reading wrongly.
“Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.”
“To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).
- To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
“In the circumstances the Inspecting Officer concludes that the electric train motorman, despite his assertions to the contrary, misread the up main relief inner home signal for his own and ran past the up main through inner home signal at danger; he must therefore be held responsible for the accident.”
“Now I'm in / over my head, with something I said. / Completely misread I'm better off dead.”