MISTAKEN


Meaning of MISTAKEN in English

1.

If you are ~ about something, you are wrong about it.

I see I was ~ about you...

You couldn’t be more ~, Alex. You’ve utterly misread the situation.

= wrong

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n

You use expressions such as if I’m not ~ and unless I’m very much ~ as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct.

I think he wanted to marry her, if I am not ~...

Unless I’m ~, he didn’t specify what time.

PHRASE: PHR with cl emphasis

2.

A ~ belief or opinion is incorrect.

...a limited understanding of addiction and ~ beliefs about how it can be overcome.

ADJ: ADJ n

~ly

He says they ~ly believed the standard licenses they held were sufficient.

ADV: ADV with v

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