Construed

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of construe.
    • Word Usage
    "He understands style to mean "which words are right for a given context" and thus the most damning indictment he can make of a writer like Denis Johnson is that "he does not respect words enough to think they should mean something," a formulation by which "meaning" in construed in the most literal, predetermined, unimaginative of ways."
    Verb Form
    construed    construes    construing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    understand   
    Hyponym
    allegorise    mythicise    misconceive    literalize    misunderstand   
    Form
    misconstrue   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    interpret    understand    explain    translate    translation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou   
     
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