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mistaking

Saymi-STAYK-ingUS · UK/mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ/AUS/mɪˈstæɪkɪŋ/

Noun pluralmistakings

2 meanings of mistaking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of mistake. Use this form for something happening now.

    She keeps mistaking me for my older brother.

    He is always mistaking the dates of our meetings.

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  2. 2
    nounobsolete
    An error, or a wrong thing that someone does or thinks.
    Now, that you may escape general mistaking in the election of your Bow, I will giue you some Rules and Notions, which if you forget not, shall preuent many mistakings.
    1634, Gervase Markham, The Art of ArcherieHere, mistaking means making errors, and mistakings means mistakes.
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mistaking is a form of mistake

mistake, verb: To think that one person or thing is really another. Full entry

Forms
mistakemistakes he/she/itmistaking -ing formmistook past tensemistaken past participle
Spelling
mistake → mistaking: drop the e, add -ing

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