"miscalculate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: miscalculates [present, singular, third-person], miscalculating [participle, present], miscalculated [participle, past], miscalculated [past]
Etymology: mis- + calculate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|calculate}} mis- + calculate Head templates: {{en-verb}} miscalculate (third-person singular simple present miscalculates, present participle miscalculating, simple past and past participle miscalculated)
  1. To calculate incorrectly. Translations (incorrectly calculate): 算错 (suàncuò) (Chinese Mandarin), přepočítat se (Czech), laskea väärin (Finnish), miskalkular (Ido), míríomh (Irish), mí-áirigh (Irish), 誤算する (gosan suru) (Japanese), calcula greșit (Romanian), calcular mal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-miscalculate-en-verb-Ebwt250P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'incorrectly calculate': 95 5
  2. To make a gross error in judgement. Translations (make a gross error in judgement): arvioida väärin (Finnish), missrechnen (German), просчи́тываться (prosčítyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), просчита́ться (prosčitátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), juzgar mal (Spanish), missräkna (Swedish), прорахо́вуватися (proraxóvuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прорахува́тися (proraxuvátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-miscalculate-en-verb-PPo4Yl~5 Disambiguation of 'make a gross error in judgement': 2 98

Inflected forms

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