Dictionary Definition
construe v : make sense of; assign a meaning to;
"What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret
his behavior?" [syn: interpret, see]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /kənˈstruː/, /k@n"stru:/
Noun
- A translation or interpretation.
Translations
interpretation
- Polish: tłumaczenie , interpretacja
Verb
- To interpret or
explain the meaning of something.
- The world must construe according to its wits; this court must
construe according to the law.
- Robert Bolt, ''A Man for All Seasons, 1954
- The world must construe according to its wits; this court must
construe according to the law.
- To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence.
- To translate.
Translations
to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Polish: interpretować, tłumaczyć
to analyze the grammatical structure
- Polish: rozbierać gramatycznie
to translate
- Polish: tłumaczyć
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
English, define, describe, diagnose, explicate, expound, interpret, read, read into, render, spell out, take, take it that, take to mean,
transcribe, translate, transliterate, turn into,
understand,
understand by