Definition of Mistake

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Mistake

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

To take or choose wrongly.

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

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Mistake Quotations

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Albert Einstein

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn Monroe

I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
Barack Obama

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Winston Churchill

Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden

God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
Joel Osteen

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
Benjamin Franklin

Mistake Translations

mistake in Afrikaans is fout
mistake in Danish is fejl
mistake in Dutch is vergissing, fout, dwaling, abuis
mistake in Finnish is virhe
mistake in French is trompons, abus, erreur, trompez, trompent
mistake in Italian is errore, vizio, granchiolino
mistake in Latin is error, erratum, mendum menda
mistake in Norwegian is feil, mistak
mistake in Portuguese is erro, defeito
mistake in Swedish is misstag, misstag

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