miscount
/ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt/verb
उच्चारण मिस्काउन्ट
गलत गिनना, गिनती में गलती करना
Core word
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[I, T]
to count something wrongly
गलत गिनना, गिनती में गलती करना
- The clerk had miscounted the votes.
- I must have miscounted.
- I think the shopkeeper miscounted the change.
+ 2 more examples
- The teacher miscounted the number of students on the bus.
- Check twice so that you do not miscount.
Synonyms miscalculate
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[C]
a wrong count, especially of votes
गलत गिनती
- A miscount at one booth delayed the result.
- The candidate demanded a recount, claiming there was a miscount in the final round.
- There was a miscount of the visitors at the entrance.
+ 2 more examples
- A miscount caused the wrong candidate to be announced as the winner.
- The officer found a miscount in the stock list.
Synonyms miscalculation error
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
miscount + object
Use it with the things you counted wrongly: miscount the votes, miscount the change.
जिन चीज़ों को गलत गिना गया हो, उनके साथ यह आता है: miscount the votes, miscount the change।
- The cashier miscounted the notes.
- Radhika miscounted the questions and left one blank.
miscount (intransitive)
It can stand alone with no object when the thing counted is clear.
जब गिनी गई चीज़ स्पष्ट हो, तब यह बिना object के अकेला आ सकता है।
- I think I miscounted, so let us start again.
a miscount (noun)
As a noun it is countable and means a wrong count, especially of votes.
Noun के रूप में यह countable है और इसका अर्थ गलत गिनती, विशेषकर मतों की, है।
- The party demanded a recount because of a miscount.
- There was a miscount in the first round.
miscount + by + number
Use 'by' to show how big the error was.
गलती कितनी बड़ी थी, यह बताने के लिए 'by' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The clerk miscounted the sacks by ten.
+Collocations 4
miscount + noun
voteschangeballotsstockattendance
- The officer miscounted the ballots by mistake.
adverb + miscount
badlyslightlytwiceeasilyaccidentally
- He accidentally miscounted the change and gave back too much.
noun: miscount + in / of
a miscount ina miscount ofa serious miscountan error and miscounta recount after a miscount
- A miscount of the votes changed the result.
easy / likely to miscount
easy tolikely totend tobound toafraid to
- It is easy to miscount when the crowd is moving.
“More examples 5
- The teacher miscounted the papers and thought one was missing.
शिक्षक ने उत्तर-पुस्तिकाएँ गलत गिनीं और सोचा कि एक कम है।
- A miscount of just two votes decided who won the school election.
केवल दो मतों की गलत गिनती ने तय किया कि स्कूल का चुनाव कौन जीता।
- The conductor miscounted the passengers and asked for the wrong fare.
कंडक्टर ने यात्रियों को गलत गिना और गलत किराया माँग लिया।
- After a miscount, the officials checked every box again.
गलत गिनती के बाद अधिकारियों ने हर डिब्बे की फिर से जाँच की।
- If you miscount the sides of a figure, you will get the wrong angle sum.
यदि आप किसी आकृति की भुजाएँ गलत गिनेंगे तो कोणों का योग गलत आएगा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He miscounted the notes yesterday and gives the wrong change.
✓ He miscounted the notes yesterday and gave the wrong change.
Both verbs describe past actions, so the second must also be in the past tense.
दोनों क्रियाएँ भूतकाल की हैं, इसलिए दूसरी क्रिया भी past tense में होनी चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words are all about errors with numbers, but they differ in what exactly goes wrong.
ये सभी शब्द संख्याओं की गलतियों से जुड़े हैं, पर अंतर यह है कि ठीक-ठीक क्या गलत होता है।
Only the act of counting items or votes wrongly.
केवल वस्तुओं या मतों को गलत गिनने की क्रिया।
- He miscounted the books.
A wider word: working out an amount wrongly, or judging a situation wrongly.
अधिक व्यापक शब्द: किसी मात्रा को गलत निकालना, या स्थिति का गलत अनुमान लगाना।
- She miscalculated the fare.
misreckon
A rare and old-fashioned word for counting or judging wrongly.
गलत गिनने या आँकने के लिए दुर्लभ और पुराना शब्द।
- He misreckoned the days of the journey.