Misconceive
verb
To understand something in the wrong way.
It's easy to misconceive someone's intentions when you don't know them well.
Often appears as...
- misconceive the nature
- misconceive the meaning
verb
To understand something in the wrong way.
It's easy to misconceive someone's intentions when you don't know them well.
Often appears as...
- misconceive the nature
- misconceive the meaning
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Consider the context carefully to avoid misconceiving what is being said.
She said 'I'm fine', but her tone made me misconceive her real feelings.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Misconceiving can lead to misunderstandings that harm relationships.
By misconceiving his advice as criticism, she damaged their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Jumping to Conclusions
Avoid quick judgements to ensure you don't misconceive someone's words.
He misconceived their laughter as mockery, when they were actually amused.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Consider the context carefully to avoid misconceiving what is being said.
She said 'I'm fine', but her tone made me misconceive her real feelings.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Misconceiving can lead to misunderstandings that harm relationships.
By misconceiving his advice as criticism, she damaged their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Jumping to Conclusions
Avoid quick judgements to ensure you don't misconceive someone's words.
He misconceived their laughter as mockery, when they were actually amused.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Consider the context carefully to avoid misconceiving what is being said.
She said 'I'm fine', but her tone made me misconceive her real feelings.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
Misconceiving can lead to misunderstandings that harm relationships.
By misconceiving his advice as criticism, she damaged their friendship.
Pro Tip 3/3Jumping to Conclusions
Avoid quick judgements to ensure you don't misconceive someone's words.
He misconceived their laughter as mockery, when they were actually amused.
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Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
of us feel right now is actually to a large part misconceived it's not that we shouldn't be worried but we're actually worried about the wrong things they'll lie ahead of us much deeper dangers dangers that actually could even spell the end of civilization as we know it
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Yuval Noah Harari...
of us feel right now is actually to a large part misconceived it's not that we shouldn't be worried but we're actually worried about the wrong things they'll lie ahead of us much deeper dangers dangers that actually could even spell the end of civilization as we know it
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Quote examples
Paul Davies
British Writer
Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved from a common ancestor that lived billions of years ago. Yet most of the life that exists on Earth has never been properly classified.
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Christopher McDougall
American Author
There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that you need go to a special running store before you try it. There's this totally misconceived notion that it's hard to do, and it's not.
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
For so long, Arab culture has been misconceived by the western mindset as exotic, or more recently, as dangerous, so spaces like Mathaf are vital for asserting a sense of connectedness.
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Scott Weiland
American Musician
People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am.
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Art Alexakis
American Musician
I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.
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Nigel Lawson
British Politician
I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
The reality is that Trump's focus on immigrants is to misconceive of the terrorist problem that exists in the United States.
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Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish Director
Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved from a common ancestor that lived billions of years ago. Yet most of the life that exists on Earth has never been properly classified.
Quote examples
Christopher McDougall
American Author
There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that you need go to a special running store before you try it. There's this totally misconceived notion that it's hard to do, and it's not.
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
For so long, Arab culture has been misconceived by the western mindset as exotic, or more recently, as dangerous, so spaces like Mathaf are vital for asserting a sense of connectedness.
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Scott Weiland
American Musician
People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am.
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Art Alexakis
American Musician
I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.
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Nigel Lawson
British Politician
I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
The reality is that Trump's focus on immigrants is to misconceive of the terrorist problem that exists in the United States.
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Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish Director
Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.
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