noun๐ShareA translation."The teacher's construe of the poem's meaning was different from the students'. "languagewordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun๐ShareAn interpretation."The teacher's construe of the poem was different from the student's. "languagecommunicationlinguisticswordmindphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb๐ShareTo interpret or explain the meaning of something."The world must construe according to its wits; this court must construe according to the law."languagecommunicationlinguisticswritingwordstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb๐Share(grammar) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse."The teacher asked the students to construe the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb๐Share(grammar) To admit of grammatical analysis."The teacher asked us to construe the sentence, "The cat sat on the mat," demonstrating its parts of speech. "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb๐ShareTo translate."The teacher construed the ancient text into modern English for her students. "languagelinguisticscommunicationwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb๐ShareTo infer."From the clues in the email, we can construe his reason for being late as a family emergency. "communicationlanguagemindphilosophyattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
