🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

실수

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sil-su

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mistake/mɪˈsteɪk/
nounverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"작은 실수가 큰 문제를 만들 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or unintentional result.

    "Making a mistake on the report taught him to double-check his calculations."
As verb
  1. 1

    To wrongly identify someone or something as someone or something else.

    "I am sorry, I mistook you for my colleague."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Norse 'mistaka', meaning 'to take in error or wrongly', combining 'mí-=' (mis-, wrongly) and 'taka' (to take). Entering Middle English in the 14th century, the term gradually shifted from its original physical grasping connotation to denote any incorrect action, judgment, or misunderstanding.

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