construe

Speech parts

1. construe - Noun

2. construe - Verb

Meaning

To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.

To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

see interpret take play read reading describe accept understand explain define regard seeing solve collect
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Antonyms

black build consider accurate cloud ambiguous
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Hypernyms

understand

Hyponyms

take read extract scan evoke elicit

Derivatives

construed construing

Anagrams

Counters recounts

Examples

What message do you see in this letter? Source: Internet

How do you interpret his behavior? Source: Internet

Likewise, one can construe semantic internalism in two ways, as a denial of either of these two theses. Source: Internet

Williams: 41; cf. Lyons: 116–117, MacCambridge 2005: 15 He received a three-year contract at $20,000 ($) per year, citation and transacted a sale of his stake in the Steelers to Rooney, Lyons: 114 albeit for a price Bell did not construe was full-value. Source: Internet

Whether someone would construe my singing to be pleasant or an affront upon his/her senses, such delivery would be no different than cranking the music system or TV up to its aural extremity. Source: Internet

How often do we hear of incidents where people have different opinions and listeners fail to construe explanations? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

constructor constructorless constructure construe with construer construing