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Meaning of mistake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
mɪˈsteɪk

Definitions

  1. An error.
  2. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
  3. failure
  4. verdict, decision
  5. ruling
  6. bug, hole (security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit)

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qələt səhv xəta yanlış
Беларуская памылка хіба
Български бъркам греша грешка
বাংলা ভুল
བོད་སྐད ནོར་འཁྲུལ
Bosanski botun kosa lapsus грешка
Català confondre error
Čeština chyba omyl zaměnit
Cymraeg camgymryd
Esperanto eraro
Eesti viga
Hrvatski botun kosa lapsus грешка
Bahasa Indonesia kekeliruan kesalahan salah paham
Íslenska skyssa villa
ქართული შეცდომა
Қазақша қате қателік
ខ្មែរ កំហុស
Kurdî fêl hîba Malî malî mîss moka vîlla
Latina errō error fallo fallor oberro
Lietuvių klaida
Latviešu kļūda
Македонски грешка
Монгол алдаа
मराठी चूक
Bahasa Melayu kesilapan salah faham
Malti żball
မြန်မာဘာသာ အမှား
Română confunda eroare greșeală greși
Slovenčina chyba
Slovenščina napaka
Shqip gabim
Српски botun kosa lapsus грешка
Kiswahili kosa
தமிழ் பிழை
Тоҷикӣ иштибоҳ
Türkmençe ýalňyş
Tagalog kamalian Mali
Türkçe galat hata hata yapmak yanlış
ئۇيغۇرچە خاتا
Oʻzbekcha xato
Tiếng Việt loi nhầm lẫn

Examples

“There were too many mistakes in the test, that unfortunately you failed.”
“He always did mistakes on purpose.”
“He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.”
“1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones http://books.google.com/books?id=iDIFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=lee+%22mistakes+were+made%22&hl=en&ei=fchaTbu4L8L98AaVs4n-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lee%20%22mistakes%20were%20made%22&f=false After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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