To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
An error; a blunder.
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.