Miscomprehends

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To incorrectly perceive the meaning of information or a message
2. Fails to grasp the true meaning or intention of something being said or communicated
3. Misinterprets or gets the wrong idea about information or an explanation

Etymology: This is an inflected form: "miscomprehends" is the third-person singular present of "miscomprehend", a verb built from the prefix "mis-" and "comprehend". The prefix descends from Old English "mis-", which traces back through Proto-Germanic "missa-" to a Proto-Indo-European root, and it carries the sense of error or wrongness. It appears in many English verbs such as "misread" and "mislead", and it attaches freely to existing words, so "miscomprehend" needs no special history of its own. "Comprehend" comes from Latin "comprehendere", meaning to grasp or seize together, so the base sense is physical grasping that later became mental understanding. Joined to "mis-", the verb means to grasp something wrongly, which is why it refers to misunderstanding a message rather than simply failing to know it.

Synonyms: misunderstands, misreads, misinterprets

Antonyms: understands, comprehends, grasp