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MISREAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interpret wrongly

Example:

I misread Hamlet all my life!

Synonyms:

misinterpret; misread

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "misread" is one way to...):

read; take (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

They won't misread the story

Sam and Sue misread the movie

Derivation:

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Read or interpret wrongly

Example:

He misread the data

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "misread" is one way to...):

read; scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

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 Context examples: 

Paromomycin binds specifically to the RNA oligonucleotide at the A site of bacterial 30S ribosomes, thereby causing misreading and premature termination of translation of mRNA and inhibition of protein synthesis followed by cell death.

(Paromomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Paromomycin binds specifically to the RNA oligonucleotide at the A site of bacterial 30S ribosomes, thereby causing misreading and premature termination of translation, thereby leading to inhibition of protein synthesis followed by cell death.

(Paromomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

He must have misread it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As a result, this agent interferes with the initiation complex between messenger RNA and the bacterial ribosome thereby causing the misreading of the genetic code resulting in the production of non-functional proteins, consequently leading to bacterial cell death.

(Dihydrostreptomycin, NCI Thesaurus)