misidentify
/ˌmɪsaɪˈdentɪfaɪ/verb
उच्चारण मिसाइडेन्टिफ़ाइ
गलत पहचान करना, गलत पहचानना
Core word
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[T] ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth)
to say wrongly who or what somebody or something is
गलत पहचान करना, गलत पहचानना
- The witness misidentified the thief.
- The plant had been misidentified as a weed.
- Birdwatchers sometimes misidentify rare birds.
+ 2 more examples
- The police admitted that the man had been misidentified as a suspect.
- The sample was misidentified in the lab report.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
misidentify + object
Use it with a person, thing or object that you name or recognise wrongly.
जिस व्यक्ति या वस्तु को गलत पहचाना या गलत नाम दिया गया हो, उसके साथ 'misidentify' आता है।
- The witness misidentified the thief.
- The student misidentified the plant in the photograph.
misidentify + A as B
Use 'as' to say what the thing was wrongly taken to be.
यह बताने के लिए कि किसी चीज़ को गलती से क्या समझ लिया गया, 'as' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The bird was misidentified as a hawk.
- The test misidentified the sample as water.
be misidentified (passive)
The passive is common in science, police reports and news.
विज्ञान, पुलिस रिपोर्टों और समाचारों में passive रूप आम है।
- The man was misidentified by two eyewitnesses.
misidentification (noun)
The noun is 'misidentification', and it is uncountable in general use and countable for single cases.
इसका noun 'misidentification' है, जो सामान्य प्रयोग में uncountable और अलग-अलग मामलों के लिए countable है।
- A wrong identification can send innocent people to jail, and a misidentification is hard to undo.
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misidentify + noun
a suspecta birda planta bodya species
- Experts misidentified the species at first.
misidentify + as
as a rebelas a thiefas an expertas a fakeas a threat
- The security guard misidentified the visitor as a thief.
adverb + misidentify
wronglyrepeatedlyeasilymistakenlyoften
- Beginners often misidentify the two types of clouds.
case / risk of misidentification
case ofrisk ofdanger ofclaim ofproblem of
- The lawyer argued that it was a case of misidentification.
“More examples 5
- The police apologised after a man was misidentified as a wanted criminal.
एक व्यक्ति को वांछित अपराधी समझ लिए जाने के बाद पुलिस ने माफ़ी माँगी।
- Radhika misidentified the diagram in the biology paper and lost a mark.
राधिका ने जीव विज्ञान के प्रश्न-पत्र में आरेख को गलत पहचाना और एक अंक खो दिया।
- Tourists often misidentify the Lotus Temple as a mosque.
पर्यटक प्रायः लोटस टेम्पल को मस्जिद समझ लेते हैं।
- Mushrooms are dangerous to collect if you misidentify them.
यदि आप मशरूम को गलत पहचान लें तो उन्हें इकट्ठा करना खतरनाक है।
- A blurry photograph can easily lead to a misidentification.
धुँधली फ़ोटो आसानी से गलत पहचान का कारण बन सकती है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The guard misidentified him with a thief.
✓ The guard misidentified him as a thief.
Use 'as' to state what someone was wrongly thought to be.
किसी को गलती से क्या समझा गया, यह बताने के लिए 'as' का प्रयोग होता है।
✗ He was misidentified from the witness.
✓ He was misidentified by the witness.
The doer in a passive sentence is introduced by 'by'.
Passive वाक्य में कर्ता को 'by' से जोड़ा जाता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all involve recognising or naming wrongly, but they differ in what exactly is confused.
इन सभी क्रियाओं में गलत पहचान या गलत नामकरण होता है, पर अंतर यह है कि ठीक-ठीक किसे गलत समझा गया।
To say or decide wrongly who or what someone or something is.
गलत ढंग से कहना या तय करना कि कोई व्यक्ति या वस्तु कौन या क्या है।
- He misidentified the bird.
To think that one person or thing is another, often used as 'mistake A for B'.
एक व्यक्ति या वस्तु को दूसरी समझ लेना, प्रायः 'mistake A for B' के रूप में।
- I mistook him for his brother.
To understand the meaning of something wrongly, not who or what it is.
किसी बात का अर्थ गलत समझना, यह नहीं कि वह कौन या क्या है।
- She misinterpreted the sign.