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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•strue /kənˈstru/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object + as + object], -strued, -stru•ing. - to explain the meaning of; interpret:My comments were incorrectly construed as criticism.
con•stru•a•bil•i•ty /kənˌstruəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] con•stru•a•ble, adj. con•stru•al, n. [uncountable]con•stru•er, n. [countable]See -stru-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•strue (v. kən stro̅o̅′ or, esp. Brit., kon′stro̅o̅;n. kon′stro̅o̅),USA pronunciation v., -strued, -stru•ing, n. v.t. - to give the meaning or intention of;
explain;
interpret. - to deduce by inference or interpretation;
infer:He construed her intentions from her gestures. - to translate, esp. orally.
- Grammarto analyze the syntax of;
to rehearse the applicable grammatical rules of:to construe a sentence. - Grammarto arrange or combine (words, phrases, etc.) syntactically.
v.i. - Grammarto admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation.
n. - the act of construing.
- something that is construed.
- Latin construere to put together, build, equivalent. to con- con- + struere to pile up, arrange, perh. akin to sternere to spread, strew; see stratum
- Middle English construen 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: construe /kənˈstruː/ vb ( -strues, -struing, -strued)(mainly tr)- to interpret the meaning of (something): you can construe that in different ways
- (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce
- to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation)
- to combine (words) syntactically
- (also intr) old-fashioned to translate literally, esp aloud as an academic exercise
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin construere to pile up; see constructconˈstruable adj |