construe[verb]Synonyms: explain, explicate, expound, interpret, spell out
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
con‧strue /kənˈstruː/
verb [transitive usually in passive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: construere, from Latin, 'to construct', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + struere 'to build']
to understand a remark or action in a particular way ⇒
misconstrueconstrue something as something
comments that could be construed as sexist The term can be construed in two different ways. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲