Analysis Complete

construe

/ construe /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

make sense of; assign a meaning to

"What message do you see in this letter?"

"How do you interpret his behavior?"

Type of:

understand

Kinds of:

misconstrue misinterpret misconceive misunderstand misapprehend

Derived:

construal interpretation reading version interpreting

Verb group:

see consider reckon view regard

See also:

collocate with construe with cooccur with co-occur with go with

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Semantic Complexity

22%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

21

Times Searched

2

Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

understand misconstrue misinterpret misconceive misunderstand misapprehend