mistake

noun

An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.

noun

A misconception or misunderstanding.

intransitive verb

To understand wrongly; misinterpret.

intransitive verb

To recognize or identify incorrectly.

intransitive verb

To make a mistake; err.

l. To take wrongly; appropriate erroneously or through misapprehension.

To take or choose erroneously; choose amiss, as between alternatives; regard (something) as other than it is: as, to mistake one’s road or bearings; to mistake a fixed star for a planet.

To take in a wrong sense; conceive or understand erroneously; misunderstand; misjudge: as, to mistake one’s meaning or intentions.

To make a mistake; be in error; be wrong; misapprehend.

To take a wrong part; transgress.