mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
has mistaken
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present perfectof mistake (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Trump only realizes that he has mistaken his accuser for his ex-wife Marla Maples when his lawyer corrects him.
From Slate ● May 9, 2023
Elon Musk has mistaken his Tesla and SpaceX companies’ success as testaments to his brilliance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
He has mistaken the communion plate for a collection plate.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2019
But when she rushes up to greet him, he denies his identity, insisting she has mistaken him for someone else and leaving her shaken.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
Dr. Porter Smith writes of its employment medicinally by the Chinese, but from his own specimens it is clearly a species of Polysaccum, which he has mistaken for Lycoperdon.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
