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What is "construe" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 26-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does construe mean in English? Meaning of construe definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "construe" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "construe": make sense of; assign a meaning to

Verb

  • Meaning: make sense of; assign a meaning to
  • Example: What message do you see in this letter? How do you interpret his behavior?
  • Synonyms: construe interpret see
  • Hyponyms: allegorise allegorize be amiss draw out educe elicit evoke extract literalise literalize misapprehend misconceive misconstrue misinterpret misunderstand mythicise mythicize read read between the lines reinterpret scan spiritualise spiritualize take
  • Hypernyms: understand
  • Also see: co-occur with collocate with construe with cooccur with go with

    • Synonyms:

    translate, infer, interpret, define, expound, render, read, explicate, understand, take, decipher, analyze, spell out, parse, figure it to be, one's best guess,

    Antonyms:

    misunderstand, obscure, fail, cloud, confuse,

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    construe in English: construe
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