"misinterpret" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misinterprets [present, singular, third-person], misinterpreting [participle, present], misinterpreted [participle, past], misinterpreted [past]
Etymology: From mis- + interpret. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|interpret}} mis- + interpret Head templates: {{en-verb}} misinterpret (third-person singular simple present misinterprets, present participle misinterpreting, simple past and past participle misinterpreted)
  1. To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand. Derived forms: misinterpretable, misinterpretation, misinterpreter Related terms: misunderstand Translations (to interpret wrongly): mésinterpréter (French), malinterpretar (Galician), missverstehen (German), παρερμηνεύω (parerminévo) (Greek), mistolke (Norwegian Bokmål), feiltolke (Norwegian Bokmål), mistolke (Norwegian Nynorsk), feiltolke (Norwegian Nynorsk), malinterpretar (Spanish), malentender (Spanish), misstolka (Swedish), misstyda (Swedish), feltolka (Swedish), vantolka (Swedish), వక్రీకరించు (vakrīkariñcu) (Telugu)

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