mistakenly

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in Vietnamese Lầm tưởng, nhầm lẫn

BrE /ˈmɪs.teɪ.kən.li/ AmE /ˈmɪs.teɪ.kən.li/

adverb en → vi

1 BY MISTAKE [adverb] B1

Lầm tưởng, nhầm lẫn

by mistake; not correctly or accurately

  • mistakenly believe/understand/think

Collocations mistakenly assume · mistakenly think

  • She mistakenly thought the meeting was at 3 p.m.

    Cô ấy đã nhầm lẫn về thời gian cuộc họp là 15 giờ.

2 WRONGLY [adverb] B1

Sai lầm, nhầm lẫn

in a way that is wrong or incorrect; by mistake

  • mistakenly identify/recognize

Collocations mistakenly identify · mistakenly recognize

  • The police mistakenly identified him as a suspect.

    Cảnh sát đã nhầm lẫn và nhận định anh ấy là nghi phạm.