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Definition of construe verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

construe

 verb
verb
NAmE//kənˈstru//
 
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they construe
 
he / she / it construes
 
past simple construed
 
-ing form construing
 
 
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to understand the meaning of a word, a sentence, or an action in a particular way synonym interpret construe something He considered how the remark would be construed. construe something as something Her words could hardly be construed as an apology.
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