MISREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misread mean? 

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

1. read or interpret wrongly

2. interpret wrongly

  Familiarity information: MISREAD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISREAD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they misread    ... he / she / it misreads   
Past simple: misread   
Past participle: misread   
-ing form: misreading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Read or interpret wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

He misread the data

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

read; scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Interpret wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

misinterpret; misread

Context example:

I misread Hamlet all my life!

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

read; take (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

They won't misread the story
Sam and Sue misread the movie

Derivation:

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

 Context examples 

In addition, neomycin induces misreading of the mRNA template and causes translational frameshift, thereby results in premature termination.

(Neomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Neomycin sulfate, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, irreversibly binds to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit, thereby preventing mRNA from binding to the 30S subunit, causes misreading and inhibits protein synthesis.

(Neosporin Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, netilmicin induces misreading of the mRNA template and causes translational frameshift, thereby results in premature termination.

(Netilmicin, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with the translational initiation complex, misreading of mRNA, and eventually leads to inhibition of protein synthesis.

(Capreomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

The cross-linking results in misreading of the DNA code and inhibition of DNA synthesis.

(DNA Crosslinking Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Neomycin sulfate, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, irreversibly binds to the bacterial 30S subunit proteins and 16S rRNA of ribosome, thereby causing misreading and inhibiting protein synthesis which results in bactericidal effect.

(Neosporin Ophthalmic, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and , misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Amikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex, misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Bekanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Amikacin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to interference with translational initiation complex and, misreading of mRNA, thereby hampering protein synthesis and resulting in bactericidal effect.

(Kanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)