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• mis|un|der|stood — «MIHS uhn duhr STUD», ., adjective. a) the past tense and past participle of misunderstand: »She misunderstood what the teacher said and did the wrong homework. –adj. 1. not properly understood; taken in a wrong sense. 2. not properly appreciated …   Useful english dictionary

• mis´un|der|stand´er — mis|un|der|stand «MIHS uhn duhr STAND», transitive verb, intransitive verb, stood, stand|ing. 1. to understand wrongly; not comprehend rightly; misconceive: »He misunderstood the question and got the answer wrong. SYNONYM(S): misapprehend. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• mis|un|der|stand — «MIHS uhn duhr STAND», transitive verb, intransitive verb, stood, stand|ing. 1. to understand wrongly; not comprehend rightly; misconceive: »He misunderstood the question and got the answer wrong. SYNONYM(S): misapprehend. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• stood — mis·under·stood; stood·ed; un·der·stood; stood; …   English syllables

• misunderstand — mis|un|der|stand [ ,mısʌndər stænd ] (past tense and past participle mis|un|der|stood [ ,mısʌndər stud ] ) verb intransitive or transitive to not understand someone or something correctly: I think he has misunderstood the nature of the problem. I …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• misunderstood — mis|un|der|stood1 the past tense and past participle of misunderstand misunderstood mis|un|der|stood 2 [ ,mısʌndər stud ] adjective if someone or something is misunderstood, people do not realize what they are really like …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• misunderstood — mis|un|der|stood [ˌmısʌndəˈstud US ər ] adj used to describe someone who is not liked by other people in a way that is unfair, because they do not understand him or her ▪ Rodman claims that he is misunderstood, and that the media has always… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• misunderstood — mis•un•der•stood [[t]ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstʊd[/t]] adj. 1) incorrectly understood or interpreted 2) unappreciated; misjudged • Etymology: 1585–95 …   From formal English to slang

• misunderstand — mis•un•der•stand [[t]ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd[/t]] v. t. stood, stand•ing to understand or interpret incorrectly; attach a wrong meaning to …   From formal English to slang

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