mistake, error, fault
(noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; “he made a bad mistake”; “she was quick to point out my errors”; “I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults”
mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension
(noun) an understanding of something that is not correct; “he wasn’t going to admit his mistake”; “make no mistake about his intentions”; “there must be some misunderstanding--I don’t have a sister”
error, mistake
(noun) part of a statement that is not correct; “the book was full of errors”
err, mistake, slip
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect
mistake, misidentify
(verb) identify incorrectly; “Don’t mistake her for her twin sister”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken)
(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
(transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).
(intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
(obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
mistake (plural mistakes)
An error; a blunder.
(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
• Usually make a mistake. See Collocations of do, have, make, and take
• See also error
• ketmias, makes it
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*take", v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook; p. p. Mistaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] Etym: [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak.
3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it. Johnson.
4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous. Shak.
Mis*take", v. i.
Definition: To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. Swift.
Mis*take", n.
1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. Tillotson.
2. (Law)
Definition: Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it. No mistake, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]
Syn.
– Blunder; error; bull. See Blunder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
