take+in+error
61mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever …
62mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever …
63mistake — mistaker, n. mistakingly, adv. /mi stayk /, n., v., mistook, mistaken, mistaking. n. 1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. 2. a misunderstanding or… …
64slip — I n. error 1) to make a slip (of the tongue) 2) a Freudian slip escape (colloq.) 3) to give smb. the slip piece of paper 4) a credit (BE), deposit slip (in a bank); a sales slip (AE) 5) a call slip ( request for a library book ) 6) a pink slip (… …
65mistake — I. v. a. 1. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misjudge. 2. Take (one for another), confound. 3. Mischoose, take in error. II. v. n. Err, make a mistake, be at fault, be wide of the mark, be on the wrong scent. III. n. 1 …
66mistake — {{11}}mistake (n.) 1630s, from MISTAKE (Cf. mistake) (v.). Meaning unintended pregnancy is from 1957. {{12}}mistake (v.) early 14c., to commit an offense; late 14c., to misunderstand, misinterpret, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. mistaka… …
67mistake — ► NOUN 1) a thing that is incorrect. 2) an error of judgement. ► VERB (past mistook; past part. mistaken) 1) be wrong about. 2) (mistake for) confuse (someone or something) with …
68mistake — noun something which is not correct; an inaccuracy. ↘an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong. verb (past mistook; past participle mistaken) be wrong about. ↘(mistake someone/thing for) wrongly identify someone or something as. Derivatives… …
69List of Mayday episodes — Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation(s) in the United Kingdom, Australia and Asia and Air Emergency and Air Disasters in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television program produced by Cineflix investigating air crashes, near …
70C++0x — is the planned new standard for the C++ programming language. It is intended to replace the existing C++ standard, ISO/IEC 14882, which was published in 1998 and updated in 2003. These predecessors are informally known as C++98 and C++03. The new …
