misconceive

mis·con·ceive  (mskn-sv)

tr.v. mis·con·ceived, mis·con·ceiv·ing, mis·con·ceives

To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.

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miscon·ceiver n.

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misconceive [ˌmɪskənˈsiːv]

vb

to have the wrong idea; fail to understand

misconceiver  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

misconceive - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

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misconceive

verb misunderstand, mistake, misjudge, fail to understand, misconstrue, get the wrong idea about, misapprehend, get your lines crossed about We misconceived their purpose.

Translations

misconceive [ˌmɪskənˈsiːv] VT → entender mal, comprender mal

misconceive

vt (= understand wrongly) → verkennen, eine falsche Vorstellung haben von; (= base on false assumption) → von einer falschen Voraussetzung ausgehen bei