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MISCONCEIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misconceive mean?
• MISCONCEIVE (verb)
The verb MISCONCEIVE has 1 sense:
1. interpret in the wrong way
Familiarity information: MISCONCEIVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it misconceives Past simple: misconceived
Past participle: misconceived
-ing form: misconceiving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret in the wrong way
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
be amiss; misapprehend; misconceive; misconstrue; misinterpret; misunderstand
Context example:
She misconstrued my remarks
Hypernyms (to "misconceive" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue misconceive the movie
Derivation:
misconception (an incorrect conception)
Context examples
Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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