Synonyms for miscount
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : verb mis-kount; noun mis-kount |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb mɪsˈkaʊnt; noun ˈmɪsˌkaʊnt |
Définition of miscount
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French mesconter "give a false statement; miscalculate, be wrong in reckoning;" see mis- (2) + count (v). Related: Miscounted; miscounting.
- noun miscalculation
- Was there not some miscount, and was it not fifteen instead?
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- Morgan said in joke that there was a miscount, and that he actually received only ninety-nine blows.
- Extract from : « Hero Stories from American History » by Albert F. Blaisdell
- So the two Kentucky officers went ashore, each grumbling to the other about some "miscount."
- Extract from : « Strange Stories of the Great Valley » by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
- To one unfamiliar with the score this must always sound as if the horn player had made a miscount and entered at the wrong place.
- Extract from : « The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) » by Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Antonyms for miscount
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