mistaken

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mis|tak|en /mɪst'eɪkən/
1 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If you are mistaken about something, you are wrong about it.
I see I was mistaken about you...
You couldn't be more mistaken, Alex. You've utterly misread the situation.
= wrong
[PHRASE] PHR with cl
You use expressions such as if I'm not mistaken and unless I'm very much mistaken as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct.
I think he wanted to marry her, if I am not mistaken...
Unless I'm mistaken, he didn't specify what time.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
A mistaken belief or opinion is incorrect.
...a limited understanding of addiction and mistaken beliefs about how it can be overcome.
● mistakenly [ADV] ADV with v
He says they mistakenly believed the standard licenses they held were sufficient.mis|tak|en iden|tity
[N-UNCOUNT]
When someone incorrectly thinks that they have found or recognized a particular person, you refer to this as a case of mistaken identity.
The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly believed them to be soldiers.

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