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mistake English

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What does mistake mean?
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mistake

A mistake is something that is done wrong or is incorrect. I made a mistake in spelling 'grammar', g-r-a-m-m-E-r. It's a mistake to think that everyone wants the same things. There were only two mistakes on my test. I wanted to phone Jose, but I phoned Petra by mistake.

mistake

If you mistake something, you think it is different from what it really is. I mistook her voice for the voice of her sister. I completely mistook your meaning. I thought you were talking about tomorrow.

mistake

(= error, fault) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention he made a bad mistake she was quick to point out my errors I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults identify incorrectly Don't mistake her for her twin sister (= misunderstanding) an understanding of something that is not correct he wasn't going to admit his mistake make no mistake about his intentions there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister (= error) part of a statement that is not correct the book was full of errors to make a mistake or be incorrect

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Conjugation mistake conjugation

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mistake · verb

Examples mistake examples

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Simple sentences

If you see a mistake, then please correct it.
Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
You made the mistake on purpose, didn't you?
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
I must have made a mistake.
I must have made a mistake somewhere.
Someone must have taken my umbrella by mistake.
I'm sorry I opened your mail by mistake.
Don't blame the mistake on her.
Someone has taken my shoes by mistake.
He's bound to notice your mistake.
I don't like to make a mistake.
Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
I took your umbrella by mistake.
I can't help but think you're making a mistake.
When you're in a hurry, it's easy to make a mistake.
I'm afraid I took your umbrella by mistake.
I entered someone else's room by mistake.
You made the same mistake as last time.
You have made the very same mistake again.
It appears that you have made a foolish mistake.
A teacher should never make fun of a pupil who makes a mistake.

Movie subtitles

Don't mistake borrowed power for your own ability!
They'll mistake this for a farce planned by the Britannians!
Later, he must have thought that was a mistake.
Then, he won't make a same mistake next time.
That person couldn't possibly desert you for one mistake.
In the past, because of your mistake, Father, you know well what happened to your previous wife who came here, and what you paid for that.
Well, that was her first mistake.
Why do I always make the same mistake over and over again?
And if he stays here, it's gonna be the biggest mistake we ever made.
Yeah, it's almost like it's a mistake to have a 300-pound pig in your apartment.
And if you go out with him, it will be the biggest mistake of your life.
That was your second mistake.
That was your third mistake.
And if I was too quick to mistake your caution for dishonesty, then the fault's mine.
That would be a mistake.
Wanting Arabs to abide by French rules would be a mistake.
That was a mistake!
There's no mistake.
Do you promise to live a different life? Do you agree that so much luxury, money, and power was a mistake?
You are making a big mistake, Mr. Yquem, if you continue to neglect your wife!
You've made a mistake, Mr. Yquem.
You can't mistake her sincerity!
Alright, I make a mistake.
Don't make the same mistake again.
No. That's my mistake.
We made a mistake.
I told you this was a mistake!
Did I make a mistake?
I might drink out of it.by mistake!
Maybe I made a mistake sending' Lem to Chicago.alone.
I guess our marriage was a mistake.
I know, but that's her mistake.

News and current affairs

But it would also be a mistake.
This was clearly a mistake, because it made the EU part of the conflict.
But this would be a devastating mistake of immediate, as well as inter-generational, proportions.
He was, he now says, focusing on how fixed-rate mortgages are relatively bad deals for borrowers in times of low inflation, which was a mistake.
Greenspan also pleads guilty to a mistake in early 2001.
Such a policy change would be a serious mistake.
The new unilateralists who dominated Bush's first administration made the mistake of thinking that the unipolar distribution of power in the military context was sufficient to guide foreign policy.
But make no mistake: both parties are implicated.
Israel made a similar mistake in thinking that it could use its enormous margin of conventional military power to destroy Hezbollah in last summer's Lebanon War.
The US will not make that mistake with Iran.
But make no mistake: how al-Sadr is handled is the big test of Bush's new strategy.
Whereas America's war in Indochina was a tragic mistake, the cost of a wider war precipitated by the crisis in Iraq would be incomparably greater - for both the patient and the doctor.
This was a profound mistake: there were no such market forces.
To its credit, the World Bank recognized this mistake in a scathing internal evaluation of its long-standing agricultural policies last year.
And make no mistake: Such engagement is indispensable.
A mistake in a presidential debate can turn the tide of public opinion overnight, as happened to President Gerald Ford in his debate with Jimmy Carter in 1976.
But it would be a mistake simply to dismiss their appeal with no effort to comprehend its source.
Make no mistake: this problem was made in America, and that is where it will have to be solved.
George Kennan, one of the greatest American diplomats of the post-war years, once wrote that the Western world was committing its biggest mistake in 50 years time by expanding NATO after Soviet communism collapsed.

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