Construe Moderate

Construe has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Noun

A translation.

Verb

make sense of; assign a meaning to

"What message do you see in this letter?"

"How do you interpret his behavior?"

interpret construe see

To interpret or explain the meaning of something.

See Also

construeth constructive reconstrue translate structure explain grammatical unconstrued

Related Terms

construeth constructive reconstrue translate structure explain grammatical unconstrued construing interpretation construed construest construable construct construes clause translation construer parse construction

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

understand

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

misconstrue read between the lines mythicize literalize spiritualize reinterpret allegorize take read educe

Rhyming Words

rue true prue brue drue crue sprue harue larue imbrue untrue accrue embrue congrue bushrue delarue in true nontrue wall rue semitrue

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