mistake

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♦♦ mis|take /mɪst'eɪk/ (mistakes mistaking mistook mistaken)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of -ing, also by N
If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.
They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force...
I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life...
There must be some mistake...
He has been arrested by mistake.
2 [N-COUNT]
A mistake is something or part of something which is incorrect or not right.
Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle.
...spelling mistakes.
= error
3 [VERB] V n for n
If you mistake one person or thing for another, you wrongly think that they are the other person or thing.
I mistook you for Carlos...
4 [VERB] V n, V wh
If you mistake something, you fail to recognize or understand it.
The government completely mistook the feeling of the country...
No one should mistake how serious the issue is.
= misjudge
5 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food...

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