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# misapprehend

«misapprehend» in Mova's school dictionary: **To understand something wrongly; to misunderstand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (misapprehend, misapprehends, misapprehended, misapprehending)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) To understand something wrongly; to misunderstand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It is a formal, rather rare word, used in careful writing and the exam voice. In everyday life we say «misunderstand» or «get the wrong idea». The noun «misapprehension» is more common: «under the misapprehension that…» means wrongly believing something. Phrases: «misapprehend the situation», «under a misapprehension».

### examples

- He misapprehended the question and answered the wrong thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x1)
- I think you have misapprehended what I meant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x2)
- The detective misapprehended the clue at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x3)
- Do not misapprehend the instructions: read them twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x4)
- She was under the misapprehension that the trip was on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x5)
- The king misapprehended the messenger's words and grew angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x6)
- It is easy to misapprehend a joke in a text message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x7)
- They misapprehended the map and took the wrong path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: misapprehended. Formal; everyday words: «misunderstand», «get wrong». «Mis-» means wrongly; «apprehend» here means understand (it can also mean to arrest!). Noun: misapprehension. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misapprehend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misapprehend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.