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mistaking

verb

Meaning

  1. To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
  2. To misunderstand (someone).
  3. To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  4. To take or choose wrongly.
  5. A mistake.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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