Explore Mistake through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like error or slip. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mistake in a sentence
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Mistake meaning
- To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
- To misunderstand (someone).
- To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
Synonyms of Mistake
Using Mistake
- The main meaning on this page is: To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. | To misunderstand (someone). | To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
- Useful related words include: error, slip, err, identify.
- In the example corpus, mistake often appears in combinations such as: no mistake, mistake and, the mistake.
Example sentences (20)
If you make a mistake in the game, it might be a mistake we can see, it might be a mistake that we don’t see.
It was a mistake in the past, and it will be a mistake in the future.
That will always be my biggest mistake or anybody’s biggest mistake if that’s their intention.
Considering that players who are most likely to make this mistake are those attempting to remove their mask during a stealth run, this mistake is extremely unfortunate.
He probably realised his mistake and went to the police station to return two pairs, and asked the police to book him for the mistake.
I thought that unavoidable mistake and a nightmare was that even his, which, of course, it’s not a mistake.
It’s important to recognise Enzo did a mistake, recognised the mistake, and it’s finished.
More so when that small thing obtained its value from a mistake -- a mistake caused by ignorance of what was a new and exciting technology.
Fiit Trainer Lawrence Price says he sees one mistake in particular when it comes to the press up: "The most common mistake I observe is the positioning of the elbows.
He used that mistake to change his focus, and turned that mistake into the microwave-one of the greatest things to ever happen to popcorn.
A certain historian observed succinctly that those who makes the mistake of failure to learn from history stand the risk of repeating the mistake of history.
Before introducing Koena, Salman by mistake says Katrina and smirks on his mistake.
For all 40 minutes, the two-seeded Wolverines didn’t look like they even belonged on the same court as the Red Raiders, making mistake after mistake as they fell further and further behind.
Locals called the mistake 'unbelievable' and suggested it could have been a deliberate mistake by the construction workers.
Mistake after mistake followed over close to eight months, adding to the already mounting stress of dealing with moving.
The Flyers had the better of the play during the majority of the 3-on-3 but one mistake led to Panarin and in on a 2-on-1 with 32 seconds left and Jones made no mistake, beating Elliott to give the Blue Jackets a 4-3 win and the extra point.
Trump made a mistake, Romney said, but whether that mistake rises to the level of removing the president from office is a question that requires consideration and analysis.
And that was a huge mistake; it was my mistake.
I have to see it as a big learning curve and not repeat the same mistake because I’ve repeated the same mistake in the eyes of the umpires.
Justin Thomas, the PGA Tour player of the year, tweeted, “To all that just received the warning along with me this morning … apparently it was a ‘mistake’- hell of a mistake!
Common combinations with mistake
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- no mistake 24×
- mistake and 17×
- the mistake 17×
- was mistake 15×
- made mistake 12×
- mistake in 10×
- mistake that 9×
- his mistake 9×
- mistake of 9×
- be mistake 8×