mistake
MISTAKE noun
[ C ] uk/mɪˈsteɪk/ usA2 something that you do or think that is wrong
ошибка
a spelling mistake He made a lot of mistake s in his written test. [ + to do sth ] It would be a big mistake to leave school. [ + of + doing sth ] She made the mistake of giving him her phone number. by mistake
B1 If you do something by mistake , you do it without intending to.
по ошибке
I picked up someone else's book by mistake .
mistake verb [ T ] uk/mɪˈsteɪk/ uspast tense mistook | past participle mistake n
to not understand something correctly
неправильно понять
I think you mistook my meaning.
Фразовые глаголы mistake sb/sth for sb/sth