misunderstanding
Syllables: mis·un·der·stand·ingUK/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ//ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/
misunderstanding noun: a mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception. Also the present participle and gerund of misunderstand.
Noun
misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)
- A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
- The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding. - Thoughtkick
- Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to...1965, Haile Selassie, African Liberation Day speech
- A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
- It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198
Also used as
misunderstanding is also the present participle and gerund of misunderstand.
misunderstanding meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
misunderstanding in Hindi
- mistake
- ग़लत फ़हमी ġalat fahmī
misunderstanding in Tamil
- தவறான புரிதல், தவறாகப் புரிந்துகொள்ளுதல்
misunderstanding in Marathi
- चुकीचा समज, गैरसमजुती, गैरसमज होणे
misunderstanding in Urdu
- mistake
- غلط فہمی ġalat fahmī
More languagesFewer languages
- misunderstanding in Bengali
- ভুল বোঝাবুঝি করা
- misunderstanding in Telugu
- అపార్థం
- misunderstanding in Malayalam
- തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ
- misunderstanding in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪು ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ, ತಪ್ಪು ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ, ತಪ್ಪು ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆಯ
- misunderstanding in Punjabi
- ਗ਼ਲਤਫ਼ਹਿਮੀ
- misunderstanding in Gujarati
- ખોટી સમજણ
- misunderstanding in Nepali
- गलत बुझ्ने
- misunderstanding in Arabic
- سُوء فَهْم sūʔ fahm
- misunderstanding in Malay
- salah faham
- misunderstanding in Indonesian
- kesalahpahaman
Examples of misunderstanding in a sentence
- What a brittle person! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck.
- We try not to study them too blatantly lest personal misunderstandings arise.
- Her name was Jacqui and she spelled it twice in case there should be any misunderstanding.
Forms of misunderstanding
| plural | misunderstandings |
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Origin of misunderstanding
From Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch misverstand (“misunderstanding”), German Missverständnis (“misunderstanding”), Swedish missförstånd (“misunderstanding”).
Words that rhyme with misunderstanding
Questions about misunderstanding
- What does misunderstanding mean?
- Misunderstanding means a mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
- What is misunderstanding in Hindi?
- Misunderstanding in Hindi is ग़लत फ़हमी (ġalat fahmī). See Misunderstanding meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is misunderstanding?
- Misunderstanding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misunderstanding?
- Misunderstanding is pronounced /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of misunderstanding?
- The plural of misunderstanding is misunderstandings.
Words near misunderstanding in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misunderstanding (page history and authors); misunderstanding (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misunderstanding (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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