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construe [kənˈstruː] vb -strues, -struing, -strued (mainly tr) 1. to interpret the meaning of (something) you can construe that in different ways 2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce 3. (Linguistics / Grammar) to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation) 4. (Linguistics / Grammar) to combine (words) syntactically 5. (also intr) Old-fashioned to translate literally, esp aloud as an academic exercise n
Old-fashioned something that is construed, such as a piece of translation [from Latin construere to pile up; see construct] construable adj construability n construer n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
construe Translations construe vt (Gram) words → analysieren; sentence also → zerlegen; in English it is construed as an adjective → im Englischen wird das als Adjektiv betrachtet vi (Gram, sentence) → sich zerlegen or aufgliedern or analysieren lassen Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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