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MISCONCEIVE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misconceive ... he / she / it misconceives
Past simple: misconceived
Past participle: misconceived
-ing form: misconceiving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret in the wrong way
Example:
She misconstrued my remarks
Synonyms:
be amiss; misapprehend; misconceive; misconstrue; misinterpret; misunderstand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "misconceive" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue misconceive the movie
Derivation:
misconception (an incorrect conception)
