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misunderstandings

misunderstandings is the plural of misunderstanding.

Meaning of misunderstanding

Noun

misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about misunderstandings

What is misunderstandings the plural of?
Misunderstandings is the plural of misunderstanding.

Words near misunderstandings in the dictionary

  1. misunderstanders
  2. misunderstandest
  3. misunderstandeth
  4. misunderstanding
  5. misunderstandingly
  6. misunderstandings
  7. misunderstands
  8. misunderstate
  9. misunderstated
  10. misunderstatement
  11. misunderstatements

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