misapprehend

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˌmɪsˌæpɹɪˈhɛnd/ UK /ˌmɪsˌæprɪˈhend/
verb Freq #255243

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to understand or interpret something incorrectly

    Do not misapprehend her silence as agreement.

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1 verb · to understand or interpret... misunderstandmisinterpretmisconstrue
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Forms misapprehended
Derived forms misapprehension
Related forms apprehendapprehension

Etymology

Formed from mis- ("wrongly") + apprehend. Apprehend comes through French and Latin from apprehendere ("to seize, grasp"); misapprehend therefore means to grasp an idea wrongly.

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