CONSTRUE


Meaning of CONSTRUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənstru: ]

( construes, construing, construed)

If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way. ( FORMAL )

What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others...

He may construe the approach as a hostile act...

We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.

VERB : be V-ed as n , V n as n , V n prep / adv

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