misapprehend
/mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/
misapprehend verb: to interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Verb
misapprehend (third-person singular simple present misapprehends, present participle misapprehending, simple past and past participle misapprehended)
- To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 139
- They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv
misapprehend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
misapprehend in Hindi
- to misapprehend
- ग़लत समझना ġalat samajhnā
misapprehend in Tamil
- தப்பெண்ணங்கொள், தவறாகப் புரிந்துகொள்
misapprehend in Urdu
- to misapprehend
- غلط سمجھنا ġalat samajhnā
misapprehend in Bengali
- ভুল বোঝা, ভুল ব্যাখ্যা করা
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- misapprehend in Malayalam
- അന്യഥാ ഗ്രഹിക്കുക, വിപരീതമായി മനസ്സിലാക്കുക, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക, ദുർവ്യാഖ്യാനം ചെയ്യുക
- misapprehend in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುತಿಳಿ, ಅಪಾರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊ, ತಪ್ಪೆಣಿಸು
Forms of misapprehend
| third-person singular present | misapprehends |
|---|---|
| present participle | misapprehending |
| past participle | misapprehended |
| past | misapprehended |
Origin of misapprehend
From mis- + apprehend.
Words formed from misapprehend
Words that rhyme with misapprehend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
Questions about misapprehend
- What does misapprehend mean?
- Misapprehend means to interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- What is misapprehend in Hindi?
- Misapprehend in Hindi is ग़लत समझना (ġalat samajhnā). See Misapprehend meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is misapprehend?
- Misapprehend is a verb.
- How do you pronounce misapprehend?
- Misapprehend is pronounced /mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of misapprehend?
- The past tense of misapprehend is misapprehended.
Words near misapprehend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misapprehend (page history and authors); ग़लत समझना (Hindi) (page history and authors); misapprehend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غلط سمجھنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); misapprehend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misapprehend (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); misapprehend (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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