[VN] ~ sth (as sth / doing sth) to understand sth/sb wrongly
SYNMISCONSTRUE, MISREAD:
His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project. * She deliberately misinterpreted the question.
compareINTERPRET
misinterpretation noun [U,C]:
A number of these statements could be open to misinterpretation (= could be understood wrongly). * a gross misinterpretation of the facts
