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Definition of Mistake
Mistake

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

To take or choose wrongly.

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

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Mistake Quotations

Without music, life would be a mistake.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams

Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake.
Steve Powers

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Albert Einstein

Mistake Translations

mistake in Afrikaans is fout
mistake in Danish is fejl
mistake in Dutch is vergissing, fout, dwaling, abuis
mistake in Finnish is virhe
mistake in French is trompons, abus, erreur, trompez, trompent
mistake in Italian is errore, vizio, granchiolino
mistake in Latin is error, erratum, mendum menda
mistake in Norwegian is feil, mistak
mistake in Portuguese is erro, defeito
mistake in Swedish is misstag, misstag


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