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# misread

«misread» in Mova's school dictionary: **to read something wrongly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (misread, misreads, misread, misreading — past forms spelt the same, said «mis-RED»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To misread means to read something wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#m1)

2) To misread a situation or a person means to understand them wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, misreading a question is a common reason for losing marks: reading «add» as «subtract», or missing «not». Tip: read the question twice and underline key words. In everyday life people misread signs, maps or times, and in stories characters misread someone's feelings, causing problems. Phrases: «misread the question», «misread the instructions», «misread the situation».

### examples

- I misread the question and got it wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x1)
- He misread the clock and was late for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x2)
- Read carefully so you don't misread the instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x3)
- She misread my silence as anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x4)
- I misread «7» as «1» in the sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x5)
- We misread the map and took the wrong path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x6)
- Don't misread the label on medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x7)
- The teacher thought I was rude, but she misread the situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/#x8)

### note

Irregular like «read»: present «misread» (mis-REED), past «misread» (mis-RED). Built from mis- (wrongly) + read. In maths tests, misreading «less than» as «more than» flips the answer — always reread.

### In the corpora

- [Real life: picture signs are still misread today.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/23/)
- [mis- means wrongly: misread, misspell, misbehave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/18/)
- [Everyone misreads faces sometimes, so it is fair to check by asking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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