misinterpret · verb
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Eine Mitteilung, Handlung oder Situation falsch verstehen.
He misinterpreted her silence as agreement, although she was still considering how best to explain her concerns.
A brief written reply can be misinterpreted when the reader cannot hear the speaker's tone.
The report misinterprets a temporary fall in demand as evidence of a permanent change in customer behaviour.
By asking one further question, she avoided misinterpreting a comment that had initially sounded dismissive.
Formen
- misinterpret base form
- misinterprets third-person singular present
- misinterpreted past tense; past participle
- misinterpreting present participle