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construe

[ verb kuhn-stroo; noun kon-stroo ]

verb (used with object)

construed, construing.
  1. to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
  2. to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer:

    He construed her intentions from her gestures.

  3. to translate, especially orally.
  4. to analyze the syntax of; to rehearse the applicable grammatical rules of:

    to construe a sentence.

  5. to arrange or combine (words, phrases, etc.) syntactically.


verb (used without object)

construed, construing.
  1. to admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation.

noun

  1. the act of construing.
  2. something that is construed.

construe

/ 办蓹苍藞蝉迟谤耻藧 /

verb

  1. to interpret the meaning of (something)

    you can construe that in different ways

  2. may take a clause as object to discover by inference; deduce
  3. to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation)
  4. to combine (words) syntactically
  5. old-fashioned.
    also intr to translate literally, esp aloud as an academic exercise
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. old-fashioned.
    something that is construed, such as a piece of translation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • 肠辞苍藞蝉迟谤耻补产濒别, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞蝉迟谤耻别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of construe1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English construen, from Latin construere 鈥渢o put together, build,鈥 equivalent to con- con- + struere 鈥渢o pile up, arrange,鈥 perhaps akin to sternere 鈥渢o spread, scatter鈥; strew, stratum
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of construe1

C14: from Latin construere to pile up; see construct
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Example Sentences

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But this is the most overt reminder that Sherlock Holmes has long been construed via a single lens, that of his partner Dr. John Watson 鈥 who, Holmes explains, is away on a long holiday.

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Her comments were construed by some as asking Trump to delay tariffs so that a Conservative could win.

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He added that he construed donations as a sign that donors 鈥渓ike the things that you stand for not because they're buying some end result.鈥

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Attempting to construe the uncivilized and norms-busting battle that Democrats found themselves in, Garcia likened the politics of Trump's second term to a "bar fight."

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They stressed that the delay "should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits" of the case.

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