"misapprehension" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: misapprehensions [plural]
Etymology: mis- + apprehension Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{prefix|en|mis|apprehension}} mis- + apprehension Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misapprehension (countable and uncountable, plural misapprehensions)
  1. A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: wrong number Translations (a failure to understand something): недоразумение (nedorazumenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Irrtum [masculine] (German), Missverständnis [neuter] (German), Fehlauffassung [feminine] (German), Verkennung [feminine] (German), Misvestentniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), непорозумі́ння (neporozumínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-misapprehension-en-noun-urjIsskX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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