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v. /mis kownt"/; n. /mis"kownt'/, v.t., v.i.1. to count or calculate erroneously.n.2. an erroneous counting; miscalculation.[1350-1400; MIS-1 + COUNT1; r. ME mesconten < MF mesconter]
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miscount — mis‧count [ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt] verb [transitive] to count something wrongly: • allegations that the vote was deliberately miscounted * * * miscount UK US /ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt/ verb [I or T] ► to count something wrongly: »Someone in the warehouse must have… … Financial and business terms
Miscount — Mis*count , v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. mesconter, F. m[ e]compter. Cf. {Miscompute}.] To count erroneously. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Miscount — Mis*count , n. [Cf. F. m[ e]compte error, OF. mesconte.] 1. An erroneous counting. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: An erroneous count of ballots cast in an election. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
miscount — index error, miscalculate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
miscount — [mis kount′, mis′kount΄; ] for n. [ mis′kount΄] vt., vi. to count incorrectly; miscalculate n. an incorrect count, as of votes in an election … English World dictionary
miscount — 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
miscount — n. to make a miscount * * * [ˌmɪs kaʊnt] to make a miscount … Combinatory dictionary
miscount — {{11}}miscount (n.) 1580s, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + COUNT (Cf. count) (n.). {{12}}miscount (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. mesconter give a false statement; miscalculate, be wrong in reckoning; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (2) + COUNT (Cf. count) (v). Related … Etymology dictionary
miscount — skaičiavimo klaida statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. computational error; miscalculation; miscount vok. Rechenfehler, m rus. вычислительная ошибка, f; ошибка в вычислениях, f; ошибка в расчетах, f pranc. erreur de calcul, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
miscount — verb To incorrectly count or add up … Wiktionary
