{
    "term": "mistake",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want",
            "sensetop": "the mistake of doing somethingit is a mistake to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's easy to **make a mistake**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry, we all **make mistakes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are making a **big mistake**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Leaving school so young was the biggest mistake of my life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **terrible/serious/huge mistake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s a **common mistake** *(= one that a lot of people make)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must try to **learn from your mistakes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is determined not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This letter is addressed to someone else—there must be some mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **made the mistake of** giving him my address.",
                    "contextForm": "the mistake of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.",
                    "contextForm": "it is a mistake to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a big mistake on my part to have trusted her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All those problems because of one little mistake!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't make the same mistake as I did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry about it—it's an easy mistake to make!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I kept telling myself that it was all a terrible mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I made a mistake about her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be a mistake to think that this is a cheap option."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ordinary people are paying for the government's mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has learned from its past mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They all commit similar mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This dress was an expensive mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Too late, she realized her mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can help you avoid costly mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be willing to admit your mistakes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Difficulty and failure"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "colossal", "great"],
                "verb + mistake": ["make", "commit", "repeat"],
                "mistake + verb": ["happen", "occur"],
                "preposition": ["by mistake", "mistake about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "all a mistake",
                    "an easy mistake to make",
                    "make the mistake of doing something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly",
            "sensetop": "mistake (in) doing something",
            "labels": "especially British English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a **common mistake** among learners of English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her essay is full of **spelling mistakes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If students correct their own mistakes, learning improves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waiter **made a mistake (in)** adding up the bill.",
                    "contextForm": "mistake (in) doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It isn't possible to eliminate all mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher kindly pointed out the mistake."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "error",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "colossal", "great"],
                "verb + mistake": ["make", "commit", "repeat"],
                "mistake + verb": ["happen", "occur"],
                "preposition": ["by mistake", "mistake about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "all a mistake",
                    "an easy mistake to make",
                    "make the mistake of doing something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are sure about the truth of what you have just said",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a strange business and no mistake."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "by accident; without intending to",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I took your bag instead of mine by mistake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "thinking that something is something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to warn somebody about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won’t just go away."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪˈsteɪk/",
                "audio": "mi/mistake/mistake__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪˈsteɪk/",
                "audio": "mi/mistake/mistake__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre."
}