misunderstanding

misunderstanding
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, serious, terrible
▪ complete, total
▪ common, widespread
▪ simple, slight
▪ basic, fundamental, profound
▪ genuine
▪ possible
▪ mutual
VERB + 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 sth
PREPOSITION
▪ 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.


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