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The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get led astray into dead ends and to misunderstand your data.
Aubrey de Grey

Meaning of "misunderstand" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISUNDERSTAND

misunderstand  [ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISUNDERSTAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misunderstand is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb misunderstand in English.

WHAT DOES MISUNDERSTAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misunderstand in the English dictionary

The definition of misunderstand in the dictionary is to fail to understand properly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISUNDERSTAND

PRESENT

Present
I misunderstand
you misunderstand
he/she/it misunderstands
we misunderstand
you misunderstand
they misunderstand
Present continuous
I am misunderstanding
you are misunderstanding
he/she/it is misunderstanding
we are misunderstanding
you are misunderstanding
they are misunderstanding
Present perfect
I have misunderstood
you have misunderstood
he/she/it has misunderstood
we have misunderstood
you have misunderstood
they have misunderstood
Present perfect continuous
I have been misunderstanding
you have been misunderstanding
he/she/it has been misunderstanding
we have been misunderstanding
you have been misunderstanding
they have been misunderstanding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I misunderstood
you misunderstood
he/she/it misunderstood
we misunderstood
you misunderstood
they misunderstood
Past continuous
I was misunderstanding
you were misunderstanding
he/she/it was misunderstanding
we were misunderstanding
you were misunderstanding
they were misunderstanding
Past perfect
I had misunderstood
you had misunderstood
he/she/it had misunderstood
we had misunderstood
you had misunderstood
they had misunderstood
Past perfect continuous
I had been misunderstanding
you had been misunderstanding
he/she/it had been misunderstanding
we had been misunderstanding
you had been misunderstanding
they had been misunderstanding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will misunderstand
you will misunderstand
he/she/it will misunderstand
we will misunderstand
you will misunderstand
they will misunderstand
Future continuous
I will be misunderstanding
you will be misunderstanding
he/she/it will be misunderstanding
we will be misunderstanding
you will be misunderstanding
they will be misunderstanding
Future perfect
I will have misunderstood
you will have misunderstood
he/she/it will have misunderstood
we will have misunderstood
you will have misunderstood
they will have misunderstood
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misunderstanding
you will have been misunderstanding
he/she/it will have been misunderstanding
we will have been misunderstanding
you will have been misunderstanding
they will have been misunderstanding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would misunderstand
you would misunderstand
he/she/it would misunderstand
we would misunderstand
you would misunderstand
they would misunderstand
Conditional continuous
I would be misunderstanding
you would be misunderstanding
he/she/it would be misunderstanding
we would be misunderstanding
you would be misunderstanding
they would be misunderstanding
Conditional perfect
I would have misunderstand
you would have misunderstand
he/she/it would have misunderstand
we would have misunderstand
you would have misunderstand
they would have misunderstand
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misunderstanding
you would have been misunderstanding
he/she/it would have been misunderstanding
we would have been misunderstanding
you would have been misunderstanding
they would have been misunderstanding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misunderstand
we let´s misunderstand
you misunderstand
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misunderstand
Past participle
misunderstood
Present Participle
misunderstanding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISUNDERSTAND


bandstand
ˈbændˌstænd
bedstand
ˈbedˌstænd
bookstand
ˈbʊkstænd
grandstand
ˈɡrænˌstænd
handstand
ˈhændˌstænd
hardstand
ˈhɑːdˌstænd
hatstand
ˈhætˌstænd
headstand
ˈhɛdˌstænd
homestand
ˈhəʊmˌstænd
inkstand
ˈɪŋkˌstænd
kickstand
ˈkɪkˌstænd
lampstand
ˈlæmpˌstænd
newsstand
ˈnjuːzˌstænd
outstand
ˌaʊtˈstænd
overstand
ˌəʊvəˈstænd
stand
stænd
understand
ˌʌndəˈstænd
upstand
ʌpˈstænd
washstand
ˈwɒʃˌstænd
withstand
wɪðˈstænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISUNDERSTAND

mistrustfulness
mistrustingly
mistrustless
mistruth
mistryst
mistune
mistutor
misty
misty-eyed
mistype
misunderstanding
misunderstood
misunion
misusage
misuse
misuser
misutilisation
misutilization
misvalue
misventure

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISUNDERSTAND

cabstand
cake stand
caskstand
coatstand
concession stand
hall stand
hat stand
music stand
night stand
one-night stand
reviewing stand
ringstand
Rostand
taxi stand
umbrella stand

Synonyms and antonyms of misunderstand in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISUNDERSTAND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «misunderstand» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of misunderstand

Translation of «misunderstand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISUNDERSTAND

Find out the translation of misunderstand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misunderstand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misunderstand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

误解
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

malinterpretar
570 millions of speakers

English

misunderstand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गलत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُسِيئُ الْفَهْمَ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неправильно понять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entender mal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভুল বুঝা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mal comprendre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salah faham
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

missverstehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誤解する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오해하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misunderstand
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hiểu lầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புரிந்து கொள்ள தவறுவதால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरसमज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış anlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fraintendere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

źle zrozumieć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неправильно зрозуміти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a înțelege greșit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρεξηγώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkeerd verstaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

missförstå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misforstå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misunderstand

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISUNDERSTAND»

The term «misunderstand» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISUNDERSTAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misunderstand

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10 QUOTES WITH «MISUNDERSTAND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misunderstand.
1
Mariah Carey
If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.
2
Eleanor Catton
Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a 'bad' one.
3
Min-sik Choi
There's something that people misunderstand about screen quotas. It's not about rejecting or hating other countries' films, but about protecting our domestic film industry.
4
William A. Dembski
The problem with merely writing so that you can be understood is that the wrong people, in advancing their agendas, are only too ready to misunderstand you. Writing so that you cannot be misunderstood anticipates and preempts those who would willfully distort what you are trying to say.
5
Aubrey de Grey
The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get led astray into dead ends and to misunderstand your data.
6
Tryon Edwards
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
7
Anatole France
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
8
Anthony Hope
Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
9
Helen Hunt Jackson
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.
10
Tim Jackson
The care and concern of one human being for another is a peculiar 'commodity.' It can't be stockpiled. It becomes degraded through trade. It isn't delivered by machines. Its quality rests entirely on the attention paid by one person to another. Even to speak of reducing the time involved is to misunderstand its value.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISUNDERSTAND»

Discover the use of misunderstand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misunderstand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Understanding How Others Misunderstand You: A Unique and ...
Using the pioneering DISC profile, this book teaches--in clear terms--how to build closer, more understanding relationships at home, work and church.
Ken Voges, Ron Braund, 1995
2
Different Games, Different Rules: Why Americans and Japanese ...
In a lucid and insightful discussion, Yamada outlines the basic differences between Japanese and American English and analyzes a number of real-life business and social interactions in which these differences led to miscommunication.
Haru Yamada, 2002
3
The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors ...
Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges, where she shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions.
Rebecca D. Cox, 2010
4
Don't Misunderstand Me - Romantic Conversation Edition
If you're looking for a humor-filled and dare we say, sarcastic or perhaps brutally honest view of what really goes on in a relationship...sit back, relax and read on.Aw, relationships!
Jason Myers, Merrilee Kimble, 2007
5
Don't Misunderstand Me - Office Conversation Edition
If you are looking for a humor-filled and dare we say sarcastic or perhaps brutally honest view of the day to day misunderstandings at the office...sit back, relax and read on.After you read this book, whether it's conversation between co ...
Jason Myers, 2007
6
Standards Deviation: How Schools Misunderstand Education Policy
Implementation Reconsidered Appendix: Research Methods References Index Policy implementation is like the telephone game. . . . the player at the start of the line tells a story to the next person in line, who then relays the story to the ...
James P. Spillane, 2009
7
Don't Misunderstand Me - Political Talk Edition
Welcome to the third installment of the runaway-hit book series Don't Misunderstand Me. If you're looking for a humor-filled and, dare we say, sarcastic or perhaps brutally honest view of what politicians say versus what they actually mean ...
Jason Myers, Merrilee Kimble, 2008
8
Understanding How Others Misunderstand You: Workbook
The Biblical Discernment Inventory is a personality assessment tool that can help you evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, as well as how you relate to others.
Ken R. Voges, Ron Braund, 1995
9
The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are ...
The Cult Of Personality Testing documents, for the first time, the disturbing consequences of these tests. Children are being labeled in limiting ways.
Annie Murphy Paul, 2010
10
How Students Misunderstand Science and Mathematics
In this ground-breaking volume, the authors identify three "intuitive rules" and demonstrate how these rules can be used to interpret important misconceptions many students have about science and math.
Ruth Stavy, Dina Tirosh, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISUNDERSTAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misunderstand is used in the context of the following news items.
1
That viral shark attack video is everything we get wrong about sharks
And what this video shows is actually not so much a shark attack, but rather a distillation of the many ways humans misunderstand sharks and ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
How 3D printers will change the way we eat, buy, order and …
"People think that things are going to be automated and scaled, but that's not true," he said. "The truth is that people really misunderstand how ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
3
Film review: Disappointing 'Pixels' falls apart with unrealistic …
The core concept is clever — space aliens misunderstand a recording of old video-games as a declaration of war, and send digital monsters ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Medibank Private does not understand medicine: AMA president …
... Brian Owler, says Medibank Private's hardball negotiating demands are offensive and misunderstand the motivations of health professionals. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
5
Trump Was Supposed to Be Gone by Now
That's why the Drive-Bys misunderstand what I'm doing. They don't understand objectivity. They don't understand reporting on something ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
6
Tony Blair's speech on the future of the Labour party in full
We then misunderstand the difference between radical leftism, which is often in fact quite reactionary, and radical social democracy, which is all ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Tony Blair: 'People who say their heart is with Jeremy Corbyn - get a …
Blair added: "We misunderstand the difference between radical leftism, which is often reactionary and radical social democracy." However, the ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
8
The Best Christian Argument for Marriage Equality Is That the Bible …
To answer a complicated issue of our day by simply opening the bible and reciting a passage is to misunderstand what the Bible is—and, ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
9
Level of inclusion in today's politics should be applauded
However, what he seems to misunderstand are the swings and flows of changing circumstances which political parties need to reflect in the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
10
Pearls of Wisdom
"The Drive-Bys misunderstand what I'm doing. They don't understand objectivity. They don't understand reporting on something without an ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»

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