MISCALCULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does miscalculate mean? 

• MISCALCULATE (verb)
  The verb MISCALCULATE has 2 senses:

1. judge incorrectly

2. calculate incorrectly

  Familiarity information: MISCALCULATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISCALCULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they miscalculate    ... he / she / it miscalculates   
Past simple: miscalculated   
Past participle: miscalculated   
-ing form: miscalculating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Judge incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I had misestimated his determination

Hypernyms (to "miscalculate" is one way to...):

misjudge (judge incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

miscalculation (a mistake in calculating)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Calculate incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding

Hypernyms (to "miscalculate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

miscalculation (a mistake in calculating)

 Context examples 

He had miscalculated once, but he would not be guilty of it a second time.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But I miscalculated the point of balance, so that when I heaved the top of the mast came up instead of the butt.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was evident that we had entirely miscalculated his movements, that he had never been to his bedroom, but that he had been sitting up in some smoking or billiard room in the farther wing of the house, the windows of which we had not seen.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)