 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
misunderstanding
noun
1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation
of the question caused his error"; "there was no
mistaking her meaning" [syn: {misinterpretation}, {mistaking}]
2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he
wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about
his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I
don't have a sister" [syn: {mistake}, {misapprehension}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Misunderstand \Mis*un'der*stand"\
(m[i^]s*[u^]n'd[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Misunderstood} (m[i^]s*[u^]n'd[~e]r*st[oo^]d"); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Misunderstanding}.]
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a
wrong sense.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Misunderstanding \Mis*un'der*stand"ing\, noun
1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. --Bacon.
2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
''Misunderstandings among friends.'' --Swift.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "misunderstanding":
abuse of terms, agreement to disagree, argument, catachresis,
clerical error, contorting, controversy, corrigendum,
cross-purposes, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty,
disagreement, discord, disparity, dispute, dissension, distortion,
dividedness, division, eisegesis, erratum, error, failure, fault,
faute, garbling, gloss, human error, malentendu, malobservation,
misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage,
miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal,
misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misidentification,
misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint,
misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misreport, miss,
misstatement, mistake, mistaking, mistranslation, misuse,
misuse of words, odds, perversion, polarization, quarrel, rift,
squeezing, torturing, twisting, typo, typographical error,
variance, wrenching, wrong impression
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