"misunderstand" meaning in All languages combined

See misunderstand on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /mɪs.ʌn.də(r)ˈstænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misunderstand.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-misunderstand.wav [US] Forms: misunderstand [canonical], misunderstands [third-person, singular], misunderstood [past], misunderstood [past, participle], misunderstanding [present, participle]
Etymology: mis- + understand Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mis|understand}} mis- + understand Head templates: {{verb2|misunderstand|misunderstands|misunderstood|misunderstood|misunderstanding}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you misunderstand, you think that you understand something correctly, but you don't. Synonyms: misapprehend
    Sense id: simple-misunderstand-en-verb-H7IFW312
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with mis-
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