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MISCOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inaccurate count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("miscount" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Derivation:

miscount (count wrongly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Count wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "miscount" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They miscount the money

Derivation:

miscount (an inaccurate count)

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