- misunderstanding
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, serious, terrible▪ complete, total▪ common, widespread▪ simple, slight▪ basic, fundamental, profound▪ genuine▪ possible▪ mutualVERB + MISUNDERSTANDING▪ cause, give rise to, lead to▪ avoid, prevent▪
I am anxious to avoid any possible misunderstanding.
▪ clarify, clear up, correct▪ betray, reflect, reveal▪His comments betrayed a complete misunderstanding of the situation.
MISUNDERSTANDING + VERB▪ arise, occur, result▪Somehow a misunderstanding arose.
▪ be based on sth, stem from sthPREPOSITION▪ misunderstanding about▪There was widespread misunderstanding about the aim of the project.
▪ misunderstanding between▪There must have been some misunderstanding between them.
▪ misunderstanding by, misunderstanding on the part of▪The oversimplification results in the possibility of misunderstanding by the reader.
▪I think there was some misunderstanding on his part.
▪ misunderstanding over▪a slight misunderstanding over the terms of the contract
PHRASES▪ a possibility of misunderstanding, a risk of misunderstanding▪ room for misunderstanding, scope for misunderstanding▪Leave no scope for misunderstandings of any type.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.