construeverb
uk/kənˈstruː/us/kənˈstruː/formalconstrue sth as sth
to understand the meaning, especially of other people's actions and statements, in a particular way:
Any changes to the plan would be construed as indecision.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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