misinterpret
/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt/verb
उच्चारण मिसिन्टर्प्रिट
गलत अर्थ लगाना, गलत समझना
Core word
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[T] ~ sth (as sth)
to understand something or somebody wrongly
गलत अर्थ लगाना, गलत समझना
- Her silence was misinterpreted as agreement.
- The minister said his remarks had been misinterpreted.
- Don't misinterpret my words; I am not angry.
+ 2 more examples
- The data was misinterpreted by the newspaper.
- Some students misinterpret the question and write the wrong answer.
Synonyms misunderstand misread misconstrue mistake misjudge
Opposite understand grasp
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
misinterpret + object
Use it with a statement, sign, data, rule or behaviour that you understand in the wrong way.
जिस कथन, संकेत, आँकड़े, नियम या व्यवहार को आप गलत ढंग से समझें, उसके साथ 'misinterpret' आता है।
- Many candidates misinterpret the instructions in the passage.
- Don't misinterpret my silence as anger.
misinterpret A as B
Use 'as' to say what the thing was wrongly taken to mean.
यह बताने के लिए कि किसी चीज़ का गलत अर्थ क्या निकाला गया, 'as' आता है।
- He misinterpreted her smile as agreement.
- The data was misinterpreted as a sign of recovery.
be misinterpreted (passive)
The passive is common in academic writing and news.
शैक्षिक लेखन और समाचारों में passive रूप आम है।
- The poem is often misinterpreted by beginners.
misinterpretation (noun)
The noun is 'misinterpretation', countable, and takes 'of' for the thing misread.
इसका noun 'misinterpretation' countable है और गलत समझी गई चीज़ के लिए 'of' लेता है।
- The mistake arose from a misinterpretation of the law.
+Collocations 4
misinterpret + noun
a questionthe dataa remarkthe lawa gesture
- Students often misinterpret the question and write the wrong answer.
easily / badly + misinterpret
easilybadlydeliberatelycompletelywilfully
- His words were deliberately misinterpreted by the press.
misinterpret + as
as rudenessas weaknessas consentas a threatas a joke
- She misinterpreted his shyness as rudeness.
likely / liable to be misinterpreted
likely to beliable to beopen to beingbound to beeasy to be
- A short message is easy to misinterpret.
“More examples 5
- The comprehension question was misinterpreted by half of the class.
समझ-आधारित प्रश्न को आधी कक्षा ने गलत समझ लिया।
- He misinterpreted the road sign and took the wrong turn.
उसने सड़क के संकेत का गलत अर्थ निकाला और गलत मोड़ पर मुड़ गया।
- Radhika's joke was misinterpreted as an insult.
राधिका के मज़ाक को अपमान समझ लिया गया।
- Historians warn against misinterpreting old inscriptions.
इतिहासकार पुराने अभिलेखों का गलत अर्थ निकालने के विरुद्ध चेतावनी देते हैं।
- If you misinterpret a graph, your conclusion will be wrong.
यदि आप किसी graph का गलत अर्थ निकालेंगे तो आपका निष्कर्ष गलत होगा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He misinterpreted her smile with agreement.
✓ He misinterpreted her smile as agreement.
Use 'as' to say what the thing was wrongly taken to mean.
किसी चीज़ का गलत अर्थ क्या निकाला गया, यह बताने के लिए 'as' का प्रयोग होता है।
✗ The message was misinterpreted from the students.
✓ The message was misinterpreted by the students.
The doer in a passive sentence takes 'by'.
Passive वाक्य में कर्ता के साथ 'by' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all involve getting a meaning wrong, but they differ in what is misunderstood.
इन सभी क्रियाओं में अर्थ गलत समझा जाता है, पर अंतर यह है कि क्या गलत समझा गया।
To explain or understand the meaning of something wrongly.
किसी चीज़ का अर्थ गलत ढंग से समझाना या समझना।
- He misinterpreted the clause.
To fail to understand a person or a thing correctly; wider and less formal.
किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को ठीक से न समझ पाना; अधिक व्यापक और कम औपचारिक।
- I misunderstood the teacher.
To read something wrongly, or to interpret a situation wrongly.
किसी चीज़ को गलत पढ़ना, या स्थिति का गलत अर्थ निकालना।
- She misread the last line.