construe

kənˈstruː

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of construe - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

interpretationinterpret or understand in a particular way

She construed my silence as agreement..

interpret

understand

linguistics

TECH.

analyze the grammatical structure of a sentence

TECH.

In class, we learned how to construe complex sentences.

interpret

parse

Noun

interpretation

Rare

explanation or understanding of something

Rare

The construe of the poem was debated by the class.

explanation

interpretation

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construe with

interpret something in a particular way

She chose to construe his silence with disinterest.

Origin of construe

Latin, construere (to build)

Examples of construe in a sentence

They construed the data differently.
The professor asked us to construe the sentence in pairs.
Students are taught to construe sentences in different languages.
His construe of the law was challenged in court.
The construe of the contract terms was unclear.

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French:interpréter, interprétation, ...
German:deuten, Interpretation, ...
Italian:interpretare, interpretazione, ...
Spanish:entender, interpretación, ...
Portuguese:entender, interpretação, ...
Chinese:理解, 阐释, ...
Japanese:解釈する, 解釈, ...
Arabic:فَسَّرَ, تَفْسِير, ...
Hebrew:לְפָרֵשׁ, פֵּירוּשׁ, ...
Russian:истолковать, толкование, ...
Ukrainian:розуміти, інтерпретація, ...
Hindi:अर्थ निकालना, व्याख्या, ...
Bengali:ব্যাখ্যা করা, ব্যাখ্যা, ...
Catalan:interpretar, interpretació, ...
Czech:vykládat, výklad, ...
Danish:fortolke, fortolkning, ...
Dutch:interpreteren, interpretatie, ...
Greek:εκλαμβάνω, ερμηνεία, ...
Hungarian:értelmezni, értelmezés, ...
Khmer:បកស្រាយថា, ការបកស្រាយ, ...
Korean:해석하다, 해석, ...
Persian:تفسیر کردن, تفسیر, ...
Polish:interpretować, interpretacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):entender, interpretação, ...
Romanian:a înțelege, interpretare, ...
Swedish:tolka, tolkning, ...
Thai:ตีความ, การตีความ, ...
Turkish:yorumlamak, yorum, ...
Vietnamese:diễn giải, cách hiểu, ...

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