See Also: Mistake(medicine)
mistake(1)(dictionary)
mistake(2)(dictionary)
Mistake Of Law(law)
mistake 1, noun(dictionary)
mistake 2, verb(dictionary)
Mistake Of Fact(law)

mistake(1) (iou)



mistake noun. E17.
[from the verb.]
A misconception about the meaning of something; a thing incorrectly done or thought; an error of judgement. E17.
J. T. Micklethwaite It is a great mistake to think that a building looks better for being empty. F. Chichester I..was worried to find silly mistakes creeping into my calculations, mistakes like writing down a number wrongly.
b. An instance of a woman's becoming pregnant unintentionally; an unplanned baby. colloq. M20.
Error, the condition of being mistaken or incorrectly done. Chiefly in by mistake, in mistake for below. L17.
Shelley Falsehood, mistake, and lust.
Phrases: a mistake of a misconception as to. and no mistake colloq. without any doubt. by mistake erroneously, mistakenly. in mistake for in error for. make no mistake have no doubt (about). under a mistake under a misapprehension.