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- DictionaryMis·ap·pre·hen·sion/ˌmisˌaprəˈhenSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a mistaken belief about or interpretation of something: "she must have been laboring under the misapprehension that you are nice"
: to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand. misapprehension. (ˌ)mis-ˌa-pri-ˈhen (t)-shən. noun. Synonyms. misconstrue. misinterpret. misknow. misperceive. misread. miss. mistake. misunderstand. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of misapprehend in a Sentence.
a failure to understand something, or an understanding or belief about something that is not correct: [ + that ] Most industrialists labour under a misapprehension (= wrongly believe) that unrestrained economic growth can be achieved without damaging the environment. Synonyms. mistake. misunderstanding.
Misapprehension definition: misunderstanding. . See examples of MISAPPREHENSION used in a sentence.
a failure to understand something, or an understanding or belief about something that is not correct: [ + that ] Most industrialists labor under a misapprehension (= wrongly believe) that unrestrained economic growth can be achieved without damaging the environment. Synonyms. mistake. misunderstanding.
When you have a misapprehension, you make a mistake trying to understand something, which leads you to believe something that isn't true. You may have a misapprehension about your brother's motives for being so nice to you this week.
4 days ago · A misapprehension is a wrong idea or impression that you have about something. Men still appear to be labouring under the misapprehension that women want hairy, muscular men. We were by now under no misapprehension about the extent of the problem. Synonyms: misunderstanding, mistake, error, delusion More Synonyms of misapprehension.
noun [ C ] formal uk / ˌmɪsæprɪˈhenʃ ə n / us. Add to word list. an idea or opinion about someone or something that is wrong: [ + that ] He was labouring under the misapprehension (= wrongly believed) that she loved him. (Definition of misapprehension from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
