mistake
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”)
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[edit] Noun
mistake (plural mistakes)
- An error; a blunder.
- 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [1]
- After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
- 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [1]
- (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
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- See also Wikisaurus:error
[edit] Usage notes
- Usually make a mistake. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
[edit] Translations
An error (1)
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[edit] Verb
mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken)
- (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
- Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
- (transitive) To make an error, to do something in a wrong way.
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To take one thing for another
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To make an error
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