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mistakes

The correct spelling is mistakes.

How to pronounce mistakes

/mɪsˈteɪks/
noun

IPA: /mɪsˈteɪks/

Say it like: Mis-tak-es

The correct spelling is mistakes. An error; a blunder. For example: "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness."

Usage Examples

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An error; a blunder.
  2. 2.A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

verb

  1. 1.To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
  2. 2.To misunderstand (someone).
  3. 3.To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  4. 4.To take or choose wrongly.

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