MISTAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mistaking mean? 

• MISTAKING (noun)
  The noun MISTAKING has 1 sense:

1. putting the wrong interpretation on

  Familiarity information: MISTAKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISTAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Putting the wrong interpretation on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

misinterpretation; mistaking; misunderstanding

Context example:

there was no mistaking her meaning

Hypernyms ("mistaking" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mistaking"):

imbroglio (a very embarrassing misunderstanding)

misconstrual; misconstruction (a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately))

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

Derivation:

mistake (identify incorrectly)

 Context examples 

There were many other men about him, many groups walking the same way, but there was no mistaking him.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Even in that dim light there could be no mistaking those features.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was no mistaking the similarity to those which had been on Lucy's throat.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was no mistaking the angular form of Professor Summerlee.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A brougham was coming down it, and there could be no mistaking those grey horses.

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

Amy was learning this distinction through much tribulation, for mistaking enthusiasm for inspiration, she attempted every branch of art with youthful audacity.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There’s no mistaking that fluffy ash upon your coat.

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

A glance was sufficient to show how many remained, for the great earth chests were bulky, and there was no mistaking them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features.

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

Money, position, fashionable accomplishments, and elegant manners were most desirable things in her eyes, and she liked to associate with those who possessed them, often mistaking the false for the true, and admiring what was not admirable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)