I Mistook Mistake Voice Mistaking Mɪˈsteɪk Admit Intentions

• i admit that i mistook his intentions.
• he had certainly changed, but nobody could mistake his voice.
• there was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice.
• i mistook her offer as a threat.

mistake

1. to not understand or judge somebody/something correctly
• synonym misconstrue
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/misconstrue
• I admit that I mistook his intentions.
• He had certainly changed, but nobody could mistake his voice.
• There was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice.
• I mistook her offer as a threat.
• Sorry—I mistook what you said.

Extra Examples

• An unwary observer could easily mistake this constellation for a comet.
• I’m sorry. I mistook you for George.
• There was no mistaking the admiration in his eyes.
• You can’t mistake him. He has long red hair.
• He mistook the other man’s offer as a threat.
• I must admit that I mistook her intentions.
• There was no mistaking the bitterness in her voice.
• They mistook the purpose of the ambassador’s visit.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they mistake
• he / she / it mistakes
• past simple mistook
• past participle mistaken
• -ing form mistaking

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre.