Translations for „misread“ in the English » German Dictionary

mis·read <-read, -read> [mɪsˈri:d] VB trans

1. misread (read incorrectly) word, text:

to misread sth

etw falsch [o. nicht richtig] lesen

to misread an ‘a’ as an ‘o’

ein ‚a‘ fälschlich als ‚o‘ lesen

2. misread fig (misinterpret) instruction, signal:

to misread sth

etw falsch verstehen [o. missverstehen] [o. missdeuten]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to misread an ‘a’ as an ‘o’

ein ‚a‘ fälschlich als ‚o‘ lesen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She allows herself to be lured away from her girlfriends and into isolation with boys whose character and intentions she misreads.

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He notifies the police of the situation, who also misread the intentions of the young man.

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People can misread the use of blogs and take opinions literally as fact, which can be problematic.

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Human error is also common: tags may be misread or luggage put in the wrong place.

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Improved rules for communication among pilot and co-pilot during landing have been implemented as well as possibilities of misreading flight altimeters been pointed out.

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Often a character misreads the situation because of his ignorance, which in turn changes the outcome of events for the entire company.

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This is often misread as 1037 due to most of the upper part of the first 6 being missing.

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This time however, it was the union that misread the mood of the men when it called for another strike.

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But his work is far from simple: the early unsympathetic critics misread his humour and strangeness.

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Additionally, aside from gross errors resulting from misreading the instrument, the results will not overstate the height of the tree.

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