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MISCOUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miscount mean?
• MISCOUNT (noun)
The noun MISCOUNT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MISCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.
• MISCOUNT (verb)
The verb MISCOUNT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MISCOUNT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inaccurate count
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("miscount" is a kind of...):
count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)
Derivation:
miscount (count wrongly)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: miscounted
Past participle: miscounted
-ing form: miscounting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Count wrongly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "miscount" is one way to...):
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They miscount the money
Derivation:
miscount (an inaccurate count)
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