CONSTRUE


Meaning of CONSTRUE in English

(~s, construing, ~d)

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

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

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

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

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

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