# mistook

Pronunciation: say "mis-TUUK" /mɪsˈtʊk/

## Verb

1. Past tense of mistake. — simple past of mistake
   - Simple: Past tense of mistake. Use it for the past.
   - _I mistook her silence for agreement and kept talking._
   - _The hikers mistook the trail marker and wandered off course._
2. Past participle of mistake. Nonstandard; the standard past participle is mistaken. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of mistake
   - Simple: Past participle of mistake. It is nonstandard: some people say had mistook, but the standard form is mistaken.
   - _He had mistook the instructions and assembled the shelf upside down._
   - _They had mistook our intentions from the very beginning._

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