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Synonyms for misread


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mis-reed
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈrid

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Définition of misread

Origin :
  • 1809, from mis- (1) + read (v.). Related: Misreading.
  • verb misunderstand
Example sentences :
  • Misreading is all that we are equal to, but it is something to be able to misread.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • She glanced into Hugh's face, and misread what she saw there.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • At once he perceived how she had misread the scene she had witnessed.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He asked because the skipper's face of wonderment was not to be misread.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • A scribe must have misread the figure 81, which appears in other documents, into 87.
  • Extract from : « Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period » by Various
  • At least, that was what McGoggin said; but I suspect he had misread his primers.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Paul was afraid lest she might have misread the letter, and might be disappointed after all.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • He did not speak, but his expression was too eloquent to be misread.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes of the Farrells » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • Thou knowest the real nature of my brother, and dost not misread him as many do.
  • Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • That must be remembered, otherwise some of the great lessons of the Avatra will be misread.
  • Extract from : « Avatras » by Annie Besant

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