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Dictionary

mis•take

Pronunciation: (mi-stāk'), [key]
—n., v., -took, -tak•en, -tak•ing.

—n.
1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
2. a misunderstanding or misconception.
3. and no mistake, for certain; surely: He's an honorable person, and no mistake.

—v.t.
1. to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor.
2. to understand, interpret, or evaluate wrongly; misunderstand; misinterpret.

—v.i.
to be in error.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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