Foundation level · Year 4 · free
miscount
verb · Say it: mis-KOWNT
What it means
Foundationto count wrongly and get the wrong number
I miscounted the party bags, so one guest nearly went without.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- miscalculate
More examples
- Be careful not to miscount the coins in your piggy bank.
Where the word comes from
From the prefix 'mis', meaning wrongly, joined with 'count'.
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