misapprehend

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Related to misapprehend: reinvigorated, outlined, scrutinised, overhyped

mis·ap·pre·hend

(mĭs-ăp′rĭ-hĕnd′)

tr.v. mis·ap·pre·hend·ed, mis·ap·pre·hend·ing, mis·ap·pre·hends

To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.

mis·ap′pre·hen′sion (-hĕn′shən) n.

misapprehend

(ˌmɪsæprɪˈhɛnd)

(tr) to misunderstand; misinterpret

ˌmisappreˈhensive adj

ˌmisappreˈhensively adv

ˌmisappreˈhensiveness n

mis•ap•pre•hend

(ˌmɪs æp rɪˈhɛnd)

v.t.

misunderstand.

[1645–55]

mis`ap•pre•hen′sion (-ˈhɛn ʃən) n.

misapprehend

Past participle: misapprehended
Gerund: misapprehending

Imperative
misapprehend
misapprehend

Present
I misapprehend
you misapprehend
he/she/it misapprehends
we misapprehend
you misapprehend
they misapprehend

Preterite
I misapprehended
you misapprehended
he/she/it misapprehended
we misapprehended
you misapprehended
they misapprehended

Present Continuous
I am misapprehending
you are misapprehending
he/she/it is misapprehending
we are misapprehending
you are misapprehending
they are misapprehending

Present Perfect
I have misapprehended
you have misapprehended
he/she/it has misapprehended
we have misapprehended
you have misapprehended
they have misapprehended

Past Continuous
I was misapprehending
you were misapprehending
he/she/it was misapprehending
we were misapprehending
you were misapprehending
they were misapprehending

Past Perfect
I had misapprehended
you had misapprehended
he/she/it had misapprehended
we had misapprehended
you had misapprehended
they had misapprehended

Future
I will misapprehend
you will misapprehend
he/she/it will misapprehend
we will misapprehend
you will misapprehend
they will misapprehend

Future Perfect
I will have misapprehended
you will have misapprehended
he/she/it will have misapprehended
we will have misapprehended
you will have misapprehended
they will have misapprehended

Future Continuous
I will be misapprehending
you will be misapprehending
he/she/it will be misapprehending
we will be misapprehending
you will be misapprehending
they will be misapprehending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been misapprehending
you have been misapprehending
he/she/it has been misapprehending
we have been misapprehending
you have been misapprehending
they have been misapprehending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been misapprehending
you will have been misapprehending
he/she/it will have been misapprehending
we will have been misapprehending
you will have been misapprehending
they will have been misapprehending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been misapprehending
you had been misapprehending
he/she/it had been misapprehending
we had been misapprehending
you had been misapprehending
they had been misapprehending

Conditional
I would misapprehend
you would misapprehend
he/she/it would misapprehend
we would misapprehend
you would misapprehend
they would misapprehend

Past Conditional
I would have misapprehended
you would have misapprehended
he/she/it would have misapprehended
we would have misapprehended
you would have misapprehended
they would have misapprehended

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Verb

misapprehend - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

be amiss, misconceive, 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?"

misapprehend

verb misunderstand, mistake, misinterpret, misread, misconstrue, misconceive, get the wrong idea or impression about To see them as mere stereotypes is to misapprehend their significance.

misapprehend

verb

To understand incorrectly:

misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand.

Translations

fraintendere malinteso

misapprehend

[ˌmɪsæprɪˈhend] VT → entender mal, comprender mal

misapprehend

vt → missverstehen

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