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construeconstrue /kənˈstru/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYconstrueOrigin: 1300-1400 Late Latin construere, from Latin, to construct, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + struere to build VERB TABLEconstrue |
Present | I, you, we, they | construe | | he, she, it | construes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | construed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have construed | | he, she, it | has construed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had construed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will construe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have construed |
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Present | I | am construing | | he, she, it | is construing | | you, we, they | are construing | Past | I, he, she, it | was construing | | you, we, they | were construing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been construing | | he, she, it | has been construing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been construing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be construing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been construing |
1construe something as something to understand a remark or action in a particular way OPP misconstrue: Winston acknowledged that his comments could be construed as racist.2[intransitive, transitive] formal to translate each word in a piece of writing, especially one in Greek or Latin |