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misreckonings

misreckonings is the plural of misreckoning.

Meaning of misreckoning

Noun

misreckoning (plural misreckonings)

  1. A false reckoning; a miscalculation.
    • And if by such a meane we might provide for times to come, appoynting that after the revolution of such or such a number of yeares, that extraordinary day might for ever be eclipsed; so that our misreckoning should not henceforward exceede foure and twenty houres.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.11

Questions about misreckonings

What is misreckonings the plural of?
Misreckonings is the plural of misreckoning.

Words near misreckonings in the dictionary

  1. misrecites
  2. misreciting
  3. misreckon
  4. misreckoned
  5. misreckoning
  6. misreckonings
  7. misreckons
  8. misrecognise
  9. misrecognised
  10. misrecognises
  11. misrecognising

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