miscount (noun)

  • 1miscount — noun / mɪskaυnt/ a mistake in counting ■ verb /mɪs kaυnt/ to count wrongly, or to make a mistake in counting something ● The shopkeeper miscounted, so we got twenty five bars of chocolate instead of two dozen …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 2miscount — UK [mɪsˈkaʊnt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms miscount : present tense I/you/we/they miscount he/she/it miscounts present participle miscounting past tense miscounted past participle miscounted to count something wrongly Derived… …

    English dictionary

  • 3miscount — mis|count [ mıs kaunt ] verb intransitive or transitive to count something wrongly ╾ mis|count [ mıs,kaunt ] noun count …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 4miscount — verb count incorrectly. noun an incorrect count …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 5miscount — verb (t) /mɪsˈkaʊnt/ (say mis kownt) 1. to count erroneously. –verb (i) /mɪsˈkaʊnt/ (say mis kownt) 2. to miscalculate. –noun /ˈmɪskaʊnt/ (say miskownt) 3. an erroneous counting or a miscalculation …

  • 6counting — noun the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order (Freq. 2) the counting continued for several hours • Syn: ↑count, ↑numeration, ↑enumeration, ↑reckoning, ↑tally • Derivationally rel …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7enumeration — noun 1. a numbered list • Syn: ↑numbering • Derivationally related forms: ↑number (for: ↑numbering), ↑enumerate • Hypernyms: ↑list, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8mis|count — «verb. mihs KOWNT; noun. MIHS KOWNT», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. to count wrongly or incorrectly; miscalculate; misreckon: »I miscounted the number of guests for lunch which meant several sandwiches were left over. –n. a wrong or incorrect count: »A …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9error — er·ror n: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done procedural error s; esp: a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case to… …

    Law dictionary

  • 10failure to understand — noun error, laboring under a misapprehension, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misconstruance, miscount, misguidance, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misread, misreckon, mistake, misunderstanding Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …

    Law dictionary