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1
an
occasion
when someone does not understand something
correctly
:
Examples:
There must be some misunderstanding. I never
asked
for these
chairs
to be
delivered
.
His
ridiculous
comments
showed
a
complete
misunderstanding of the
situation
.
2
a
disagreement
,
argument
, or
fight
:
Examples:
often
humorous
"How did you get your
black
eye
?" "Oh, I had a little misunderstanding with someone at the
football
match
."
3
a
failure
to understand, or an
argument
resulting
from the
failure
of two people or two
sides
to understand each other:
Examples:
[
C
] The whole thing was just a misunderstanding, he said, as he had no
intention
of
breaking
into the
middle
of the line (=
standing
in the
middle
of a line of people
instead
of
standing
behind the last person in the line).
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