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makes a mistake

makes a mistake is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make a mistake.

Meaning of make a mistake

Verb

make a mistake (third-person singular simple present makes a mistake, present participle making a mistake, simple past and past participle made a mistake)

  1. To err, to be wrong. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Questions about makes a mistake

What is makes a mistake the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes a mistake is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make a mistake.

Words near makes a mistake in the dictionary

  1. makes a living
  2. makes a long arm
  3. makes a mark
  4. makes a meal of
  5. makes a meal out of
  6. makes a mistake
  7. makes a mockery of
  8. makes a monkey of
  9. makes a monkey out of
  10. makes a mountain out of a molehill
  11. makes a move

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes a mistake (page history and authors); make a mistake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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