misread

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mis·read [misread misreads misreading] BrE [ˌmɪsˈriːd] NAmE [ˌmɪsˈriːd] verb (mis·read, mis·readBrE [ˌmɪsˈred] ; NAmE [ˌmɪsˈred] )
1. to understand sb/sth wrongly
Syn: ↑misinterpret
•~ sth I'm afraid I completely misread the situation.
•~ sth as sth His confidence was misread as arrogance.
2. ~ sth (as sth) to read sth wrongly
•I misread the 1 as a 7.
•You must have misread the address.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•I misread ‘Mrs’ as ‘Mr’.
•I'm afraid I completely misread the situation.
•She had seen the warning signs but she had misread them.