"miscalculate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miscalculate.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-miscalculate.wav Forms: miscalculates [present, singular, third-person], miscalculating [participle, present], miscalculated [participle, past], miscalculated [past]
Etymology: From 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. (transitive, intransitive) To calculate incorrectly. Tags: intransitive, transitive 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-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'incorrectly calculate': 100 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To make a gross error in judgment. Tags: intransitive, transitive 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-iV2DuPRi Disambiguation of 'make a gross error in judgement': 2 98

Inflected forms

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