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misunderstand
verb
- tr & intr
1. To fail to understand something or someone properly.
- Thesaurus: misconceive, misinterpret, misapprehend, misconstrue, mistake, confuse, confound, have the wrong impression, be perplexed, be bewildered, be at cross-purposes, not register, miss the point; Antonym: grasp, understand, get it.
- A failure to understand properly.
- Thesaurus: misapprehension, error, mistake, delusion, miscalculation, confusion, misinterpretation.
- A slight disagreement.
- Thesaurus: debate, dissension, conflict, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, argument, clash, rift, squabble; Antonym: agreement.
