to mistake

Bir yabancı omzuma arkadan dokundu. Beni başka birisiyle karıştırmış olmalı. - A stranger tapped me on the shoulder from behind. He must have mistaken me for someone else.

(Askeri) ŞAHSİ BÜYÜK HATA: Bir silahın boşaltılmasında, bir şahsın hatasından veya iyi eğitim görmemiş olmasından doğan ve dikkat edilmek suretiyle, kaçınılması mümkün olan, büyük çapta hata. Aynı sebepler yüzünden yapılan ufak ve kaçınılmaz bir hataya şahsi küçük hata (personnel error) denir

karıştır/yanlış anla

şaşırmak

benzetmek

yanlış telakki etmek veya görmek

şüphe etme

English - English

Definition of to mistake in English English dictionary: misprise; An error; a blunder; To make an error, to do something in wrong way; To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else; If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want. They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life There must be some mistake He has been arrested by mistake; If you mistake one person or thing for another, you wrongly think that they are the other person or thing. I mistook you for Carlos; {n} a misconception, unintentional error; {v} to conceive wrong, to err in judgement; An aborted fetus, especially female; 1 Anything the audience can see during the performance that shouldn't be seen 2 When the director notices something "wrong" with a techie's work; An error or misunderstanding A contract is voidable if there is a mistake that is mutual, material, unintentional and free from negligence, such as both parties honestly contracting for a different lot in a subdivision (mistake of fact) Innocent mistakes seldom serve to void a contract A party cannot claim "mistake" to get out of a contract on the basis that he or she did not read the contract he or she signed and was therefore mistaken as to its material terms; neither ignorance nor poor judgment is a mistake of fact Nor can a party claim mistake in not knowing the legal consequences upon signing the contract (mistake of law) When there is an ambiguity known by one party who fails to explain the mistake to the innocent party, the innocent party's interpretation generally will prevail; If you mistake something, you fail to recognize or understand it. The government completely mistook the feeling of the country No one should mistake how serious the issue is. = misjudge; A mistake is something or part of something which is incorrect or not right. Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle. spelling mistakes. = error; identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister; To take or choose wrongly; A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place; or blunder - a procedural error that should be avoided by careful attention [Taylor, 3] These are illegitimate errors and can generally be corrected by carefully repeating the operations [Bevington, 2]; emphasis You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it. There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food; a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"; Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it; n Believing your girlfriend is one thing when in reality, she is quite another Synonym: Embarassment; An innocent error If a mistake is made by all parties to a contract about a material fact, the contract may be voidable; an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"; An error made by one or both parties that seriously undermines a contract; to misjudge; To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc; To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another; to make a mistake or be incorrect; To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error; To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another; To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; An unintentional error or misunderstanding Certain kinds of mistakes are grounds for rescinding a contract; others are not Mistakes are classified as unilateral or mutual A unilateral mistake is a mistake of a material fact involving a contract made by just one of the parties If only one of the parties is mistaken as to a material fact, the mistake is not a defense unless the other party is chargeable with knowledge of the mistake Whether or not the mistake is chargeable is judged by a "reasonable man" standard; that is, whether a reasonable person would believe that the other party made a mistake; An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct; identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"; wrong answer -- "Otherwise there was a mistake in the calculations " (92); {i} blunder, fault; error; {f} make an error, be wrong; misinterpret, misunderstand; confuse