MISCOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does miscount mean? 

• MISCOUNT (noun)
  The noun MISCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. an inaccurate count

  Familiarity information: MISCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

• MISCOUNT (verb)
  The verb MISCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. count wrongly

  Familiarity information: MISCOUNT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISCOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inaccurate count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("miscount" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Derivation:

miscount (count wrongly)

• MISCOUNT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they miscount    ... he / she / it miscounts   
Past simple: miscounted   
Past participle: miscounted   
-ing form: miscounting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Count wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "miscount" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They miscount the money

Derivation:

miscount (an inaccurate count)