mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error.

MISTAKE definition: 1. an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or unintentional result: 2. by…. Learn more.

Mistake definition: an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.. See examples of MISTAKE used in a sentence.

mistake 1. 'mistake' and 'error' A mistake is something incorrect or unfortunate that someone does. You say that someone makes a mistake. He made a terrible mistake. We made the mistake of leaving our …

A mistake is an error, a goof, a slip-up. When you make a mistake, you've done something incorrectly.

Definition of mistake noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want. It's easy to make a mistake. Don't worry, …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English mis‧take1 /məˈsteɪk $ mɪˈsteɪk/ S2 W2 noun 1 [countable] something that has been done in the wrong way, or an opinion or statement that is …

Definition of mistake. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's. meaning.

If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.