mistake

1 عمومی:: اشتباه‌، درست‌ نفهمیدن‌، اشتباه‌ كردن‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: mistake verbs make a mistake • The lab must have made a mistake – this can’t be right. correct a mistake • Luckily I was able to correct the mistake before my boss saw it. realize your mistake • As soon as he realized his mistake he turned in the right direction. admit your mistake • It is better to admit your mistake and apologize. mistakes happen • We’re very careful, but mistakes can happen. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mistake a common mistake • A common mistake is to imagine that dogs think like humans. a little/minor mistake • The essay was full of little mistakes. a serious/grave mistake • There was a serious mistake in the instructions. an honest mistake (= a mistake, and not a deliberate action ) • Thomas admitted he had broken the law, but said that it had been an honest mistake. a silly/stupid mistake • You need to be able to laugh at your own silly mistakes. an easy mistake (to make) • She looks like her sister, so it’s an easy mistake to make. a spelling mistake • She spotted two spelling mistakes in the article. phrases it is a mistake to think/assume etc something • It would be a mistake to assume that all snakes are dangerous. there must be some mistake (= used when you think someone has made a mistake ) • There must be some mistake. I definitely booked a room for tonight. be full of mistakes (= have a lot of mistakes ) • The report was full of mistakes. be all a mistake (= used to say that a situation happened because of a mistake ) • He couldn’t bring himself to tell her it was all a mistake. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say 'do a mistake' . Say make a mistake . mistake 2 verbs make a mistake • I just want to prevent you from making a terrible mistake. learn from your mistakes • I’m sure he will learn from his mistakes. repeat a mistake • We certainly do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. adjectives a big/great mistake • Buying this car was a big mistake. a bad/terrible/dreadful etc mistake • It would be a terrible mistake to marry him. a serious/grave mistake • The decision to take the money was a serious mistake. a fatal mistake (= a very bad mistake, often one that ends something ) • His fatal mistake was to underestimate his opponent. a costly mistake (= that costs you money or has a bad result ) • Hiring him turned out to be a costly mistake. phrases it is a mistake to do something • It is a mistake to try to see everything in the museum in one day. make the mistake of doing something • He made the mistake of revealing his true intentions. make the same mistake again/twice • We won’t make the same mistake again.

transnet.ir

2 general:: In addition to the idiom beginning with MISTAKE, Also see BY MISTAKE; MAKE NO MISTAKE.

American Heritage Idioms

3 general::   verb ADV. easily An unwary observer could easily mistake this constellation for a comet. VERB + MISTAKE can't You can't mistake him. He's got long ginger hair. PREP. for I'm sorry. I mistook you for George. PHRASES there is no mistaking sth There was no mistaking the admiration in his eyes.,   noun ADJ. big, great It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you. | bad, dreadful, fundamental, ghastly, grave, serious, terrible | costly, expensive This dress was an expensive mistake. | disastrous, fatal | tragic | elementary, little, simple All those problems because of one little mistake! | common | genuine, honest | deliberate | past The company has learned from its past mistakes. | stupid | spelling VERB + MISTAKE make Don't make the same mistakes as I did. | repeat | learn from | pay for Ordinary people are paying for the government's mistakes. | discover, realize Too late, she realized her mistake. | acknowledge, admit (to) | correct, put right, rectify MISTAKE + VERB happen, occur Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes. PREP. by ~ I picked up the wrong bag by mistake. | ~ about I made a mistake about her. PHRASES all a mistake I kept telling myself that it was all a terrible mistake. | an easy mistake to make Don't worry about it?it's an easy mistake to make!

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: • a spelling mistake • I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320. error formal a mistake: • an error in the report • grammatical errors • He had made a serious error on his tax form. misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: • There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’. typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: • I spotted a couple of typos in the letter. inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: • The report contained several inaccuracies. mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: • There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train. slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: • The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up. oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: • Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date. a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: • When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue. faux pas formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: • Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas. a stupid mistake blunder a stupid mistake caused by not thinking carefully enough about what you are saying or doing, which could have serious results: • In a serious blunder by the hospital, two babies were sent home with the wrong parents. gaffe an embarrassing and stupid mistake made in a social situation or in public: • a serious gaffe in her speech about immigration howler British English a very bad mistake, especially one that shows you do not know something, and that often makes other people laugh: • Photographers should be careful of making classic howlers, such as having a tree grow out of your subject’s head. cock-up British English informal a silly mistake when you are doing something – a very informal use: • They made a cock-up with the bill. • The government is anxious to avoid any more cock-ups.

Longman-Thesaurus

5 general:: mistake sb/sth for sb/sth to confuse someone or something with a different person or thing • I often mistake her for her mother on the phone.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs