verb🔗ShareTo interpret or explain the meaning of something."The world must construe according to its wits; this court must construe according to the law."languagecommunicationmindphilosophylinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse."The student practiced construing complex sentences to understand their meaning better. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To admit of grammatical analysis."The linguist is construing the sentence to understand its grammatical structure. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo translate.""The student was construing the ancient Greek text into English." "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo infer."Seeing his frown, I was construing his silence as disapproval of my idea. "mindphilosophycommunicationlanguagelogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
