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NO MISTAKE

Definition: NO MISTAKE

NO MISTAKE

1. Surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. [Low] Syn: Blunder; error; bull. See Blunder .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Synonyms within Context: NO MISTAKE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Certainty

Adverb: certainly; Adjective: for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth; (truly); at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute, coute qu'il coute; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: NO MISTAKE

English words defined with "NO MISTAKE": abusecontumelyinsultmisapprehension, mistake, misunderstandingrevilement. (references)
Specialty definitions using "NO MISTAKE": debatable timeINDIGESTIONNor, notPascal-Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, rejected-items clerk, RETURNED-ITEM CLERKShe Stoops to Conquer. (references)

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Modern Usage: NO MISTAKE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

There's an eye-opener, and no mistake. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Saved my bacon, and no mistake. (Rex the Runt; writing credit: Ben Caudell; Peter Holmes)

Make no mistake, gentlemen. (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

But make no mistake, the culprits will be fingered. (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; writing credit: Jeff Stockwell)

! Admiral's right. 'eavy weather brewing at Number 17 and no mistake! (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: NO MISTAKE

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Butler

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: NO MISTAKE

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

And I rubs my hand on the wall where he got over, and there was soot on it, and no mistake.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: NO MISTAKE

Expressions using "NO MISTAKE": and no mistake make no mistake. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: NO MISTAKE

Language Translations for "NO MISTAKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏من غير شك (undoubtedly), ‏بدون خطأ. (various references)

   

Czech

  

o tom nemùže být pochyby (and no mistake). (various references)

   

French

  

sans erreur. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χωρίσ αμφιβολία (and no mistake, no doubt, without doubt). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nem vitás (and no mistake, uncontroverted, undisputed). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pelak (kind of evil spirit, there's no mistake). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay istakemay

   

Portuguese

  

não cometer erro (make no mistake), confundir com (make no mistake, take for). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

несомненно (and no mistake, assuredly, by long odds, certain, certainly, clearly, decidedly, definitely, doubtless, evidently, for fair, forsooth, no doubt, out and out, surely, there is no question that, undoubtedly, without doubt). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: NO MISTAKE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: antismoke.

Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-m-n-o-s-t"

-1 letter: amniotes, misatone, mistaken, tokenism.

-2 letters: amniote, amosite, anomies, atomies, atomise, atonies, etamins, inmates, intakes, kations, kinemas, manitos, mestino, mistake, moisten, sentimo, sokeman, tameins.

-3 letters: aments, amines, amnios, animes, anomie, atones, eikons, enokis, eonism, etamin, inmate, inmost, inseam, intake, kamsin, kation, kinase, kinema, kismat, kismet, koines, manito, mantes, mantis, matins, mesian, minkes, misate, miseat.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-m-n-o-s-t"
 

+1 letter: antismoker.

 

+2 letters: antismokers.

 

+3 letters: embarkations, kleptomanias, mackintoshes.

 

+4 letters: kleptomaniacs, metalworkings, sportsmanlike, thrombokinase.

 

+5 letters: disembarkation, thrombokinases, troublemakings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: NO MISTAKE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 4F      4D 49 53 54 41 4B 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01001111 00100000 01001101 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#79 &#32 &#77 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 004F      004D 0049 0053 0054 0041 004B 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4849247435354354539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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