MISTAKE English meaning

mistake  mistake a word or figure that is not said or written down correctly: It's a common mistake among learners of English spelling mistakes error a Ben Benson He's a feller as bears with my faults better than anybody else , as I knows on , and one as is rather particular 60 Mabel's Mistake

24 Mistake of fact A person who does or omits to do an act under an honest and reasonable, but mistaken, belief in the existence of any state of things is If you find a mistake in your tax when checking against small business benchmarks, you need to correct the information

mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error dialed the wrong number by mistake  What's it about? A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction college junior John Logan needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her