misinterpret
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
interpret falsely
Types & categories
- rede hypernym
Sense 2 verb
interpret wrongly
I misread Hamlet all my life!
Types & categories
- take hypernym
Related & opposite
- misunderstanding derivation
- misreading derivation
Sense 3 verb
interpret in the wrong way
Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
Types & categories
- interpret hypernym
Related & opposite
- misconception derivation
- misapprehension derivation
- misunderstanding derivation
- misconstruction derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rede |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misunderstanding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misreading |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misconception |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misapprehension |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misunderstanding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misconstruction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |