misconceive

🇺🇸 /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/ 🇬🇧 /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to understand something incorrectly

He misconceived the directions and got lost.

translation

v. to understand something incorrectly

Word Forms

3rd Present misconceives
Past misconceived
Perfect misconceived
Progressive misconceiving