Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb construe
1 sense of construe
Sense 1
interpret, construe, see
=> mistake, confuse, confound
=> misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
=> clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> read between the lines
=> literalize
=> spiritualize
=> reinterpret
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> take read
=> read
=> read, scan
=> educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb construe
1 sense of construe
Sense 1
interpret, construe, see
=> mistake, confuse, confound
=> misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
=> clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> read between the lines
=> literalize
=> spiritualize
=> reinterpret
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> take read
=> misread, misinterpret
=> read
=> anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise
=> reread
=> dip into
=> spell out
=> decipher, trace
=> scan
=> skim, skim over
=> lipread
=> read, scan
=> misread
=> educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
Entailment of verb construe
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb construe
1 sense of construe
Sense 1
interpret, construe, see
=> understand
Also See-> construe with#1
Familiarity of verb construe
construe used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb construe
Sense 1
interpret, construe, see
=> understand
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Overview of verb construe
The verb construe has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) interpret, construe, see -- (make sense of assign a meaning to "What message do you see in this letter?" "How do you interpret his behavior?")
Overview of verb construe
The verb construe has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) interpret, construe, see -- (make sense of assign a meaning to "What message do you see in this letter?" "How do you interpret his behavior?")
construed definition
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