verb
- to interpret or understand the meaning of something in a particular way
- to analyze the grammatical structure of a sentence, especially by translating from another language
Usage: academic; grammar
Examples
- His silence could be construed as agreement.
- Don’t construe my criticism as a personal attack.
- The jury construed the evidence differently than the judge expected.
- She construed his remarks as hostile.
- Students were asked to construe the Latin passage.
- The lawyer construed the contract clause in favor of his client.
- How should we construe this ambiguous statement?