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miscomprehension

miscomprehension noun: an incorrect understanding of something.

Noun

miscomprehension (countable and uncountable, plural miscomprehensions)

  1. An incorrect understanding of something.
    • Teachers testing with informal reading inventories (selected because of comprehension difficulty unrelated to word recognition) were asked to give explanations for the miscomprehensions of their students.

miscomprehension meaning in Tamil

miscomprehension in Tamil

தவறான எண்ணம், தவறாக எண்ணுதல், தவறான கருத்து

Synonyms of miscomprehension

Forms of miscomprehension

pluralmiscomprehensions

Origin of miscomprehension

From mis- + comprehension.

Questions about miscomprehension

What does miscomprehension mean?
Miscomprehension means an incorrect understanding of something.
What is miscomprehension in Tamil?
Miscomprehension in Tamil is தவறான எண்ணம், தவறாக எண்ணுதல், தவறான கருத்து. See Miscomprehension meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is miscomprehension?
Miscomprehension is a noun.
What is the plural of miscomprehension?
The plural of miscomprehension is miscomprehensions.

Words near miscomprehension in the dictionary

  1. miscomposing
  2. miscomprehend
  3. miscomprehended
  4. miscomprehending
  5. miscomprehends
  6. miscomprehension
  7. miscomprehensions
  8. miscomputation
  9. miscomputations
  10. miscompute
  11. miscomputed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miscomprehension (page history and authors); miscomprehension (Tamil 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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