"misunderstand" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misunderstand.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-misunderstand.wav [US] Forms: misunderstands [present, singular, third-person], misunderstanding [participle, present], misunderstood [participle, past], misunderstood [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: mis- + understand Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|understand}} mis- + understand Head templates: {{en-verb|misunderstands|misunderstanding|misunderstood}} misunderstand (third-person singular simple present misunderstands, present participle misunderstanding, simple past and past participle misunderstood)
  1. (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly. Wikipedia link: misunderstand Tags: transitive Synonyms: take the wrong way (english: something) Derived forms: misunderstandable, misunderstanding, misunderstander Related terms: misinterpret Translations (to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly): misverstaan (Afrikaans), keqkuptoj (Albanian), أَسَاءَ الْفَهْم (ʔasāʔa l-fahm) (Arabic), սխալ հասկանալ (sxal haskanal) (Armenian), разбирам погрешно (razbiram pogrešno) (Bulgarian), malentendre (Catalan), 誤會 (Chinese Mandarin), 误会 (wùhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤解 (Chinese Mandarin), 误解 (wùjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), neporozumět (Czech), špatně pochopit (Czech), misforstå (Danish), misverstaan (Dutch), malinterpreti (Esperanto), valesti aru saama (Estonian), ymmärtää väärin (Finnish), käsittää väärin (Finnish), mal interpréter (French), méprendre (French), mécomprendre (French), malentender (Galician), არასწორად გაგება (arasc̣orad gageba) (Georgian), missverstehen (German), falsch verstehen (German), παρεξηγώ (parexigó) (Greek), konprann mal (Haitian Creole), ग़लत समझना (ġalat samajhnā) (Hindi), félreért (Hungarian), misskilja (Icelandic), salah paham (Indonesian), fraintendere (Italian), equivocare (Italian), prendere una cantonata (Italian), prendere un abbaglio (Italian), prendere un granchio (Italian), male interpretare (Italian), 勘違いする (kanchigai suru) (alt: かんちがいする) (Japanese), 誤解する (gokai suru) (alt: ごかいする) (Japanese), យល់ខុស (yʊəl kʰoh) (Khmer), 오해하다 (ohaehada) (Korean), male teneō (Latin), male intellegō (Latin), male capiō (Latin), male percipiō (Latin), male sciō (Latin), male comprehendō (Latin), fallor (Latin), fallō (Latin), salah faham (Malay), തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക (teṟṟiddharikkuka) (Malayalam), tuakoi (Maori), буруу ойлгох (buruu ojlgox) (Mongolian), misforstå (Norwegian), entender mal (Portuguese), неправильно понимать (nepravilʹno ponimatʹ) (Russian), mì-bhreithnich (Scottish Gaelic), pogrešno razumjeti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), malentender (Spanish), missförstå (Swedish), เข้าใจผิด (kâo-jai-pìt) (Thai), เขว (kwăy) (Thai), yanlış anlamak (Turkish), غلط سمجھنا (ġalat samajhnā) (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly."
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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "keqkuptoj"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔasāʔa l-fahm",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "أَسَاءَ الْفَهْم"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sxal haskanal",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "սխալ հասկանալ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razbiram pogrešno",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "разбирам погрешно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "malentendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "誤會"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wùhuì",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "误会"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "誤解"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wùjiě",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "误解"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "neporozumět"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "špatně pochopit"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "misforstå"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "misverstaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "malinterpreti"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "valesti aru saama"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "ymmärtää väärin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "käsittää väärin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "mal interpréter"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "méprendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "mécomprendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "malentender"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "arasc̣orad gageba",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "არასწორად გაგება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "missverstehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "falsch verstehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parexigó",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "παρεξηγώ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "konprann mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ġalat samajhnā",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "ग़लत समझना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "félreért"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "misskilja"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "salah paham"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "fraintendere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "equivocare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "prendere una cantonata"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "prendere un abbaglio"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "prendere un granchio"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male interpretare"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かんちがいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanchigai suru",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "勘違いする"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごかいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gokai suru",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "誤解する"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "yʊəl kʰoh",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "យល់ខុស"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohaehada",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "오해하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male teneō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male intellegō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male capiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male percipiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male sciō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "male comprehendō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "fallor"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "fallō"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "salah faham"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "teṟṟiddharikkuka",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "tuakoi"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "buruu ojlgox",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "буруу ойлгох"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "misforstå"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "entender mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepravilʹno ponimatʹ",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "неправильно понимать"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "mì-bhreithnich"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pogrešno razumjeti"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "malentender"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "missförstå"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kâo-jai-pìt",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "เข้าใจผิด"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwăy",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "เขว"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "yanlış anlamak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ġalat samajhnā",
          "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
          "word": "غلط سمجھنا"
        }
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        "(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly."
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        "US"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "something",
      "word": "take the wrong way"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "misverstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "keqkuptoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔasāʔa l-fahm",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "أَسَاءَ الْفَهْم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sxal haskanal",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "սխալ հասկանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbiram pogrešno",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "разбирам погрешно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "malentendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "誤會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùhuì",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "误会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "誤解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùjiě",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "误解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "neporozumět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "špatně pochopit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "misforstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "misverstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "malinterpreti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "valesti aru saama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "ymmärtää väärin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "käsittää väärin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "mal interpréter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "méprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "mécomprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "malentender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arasc̣orad gageba",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "არასწორად გაგება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "missverstehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "falsch verstehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parexigó",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "παρεξηγώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "konprann mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ġalat samajhnā",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "ग़लत समझना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "félreért"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "misskilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "salah paham"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "fraintendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "equivocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "prendere una cantonata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "prendere un abbaglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "prendere un granchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male interpretare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんちがいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanchigai suru",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "勘違いする"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokai suru",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "誤解する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yʊəl kʰoh",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "យល់ខុស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ohaehada",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "오해하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male teneō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male intellegō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male capiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male percipiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male sciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "male comprehendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "fallor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "fallō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "salah faham"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "teṟṟiddharikkuka",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "tuakoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "buruu ojlgox",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "буруу ойлгох"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "misforstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "entender mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepravilʹno ponimatʹ",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "неправильно понимать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "mì-bhreithnich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pogrešno razumjeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "malentender"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "missförstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâo-jai-pìt",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "เข้าใจผิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwăy",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "เขว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "yanlış anlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ġalat samajhnā",
      "sense": "to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly",
      "word": "غلط سمجھنا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "misunderstand"
}

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