construaln.
/kənˈstruːəl/, U.S. /kənˈstruəl/ An act of construing or interpreting.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun]
interpretation1387
intendment1390
sense1584
construction1592
reading1624
turn1688
construal1960
take1977
1960 P. Ziff Semantic Anal. p. vii Virtually no such exegesis, virtually no such interpretation, virtually no such construal, is called for here.
1968 Language 44 586 Modifying the theory of the base component..to allow for the generation and construal of metaphors.
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