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noun
The act of construing: interpreting, portraying, or both.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: construance, construation, construction, interpretation, portrayal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interpretation
History
From construe + -al.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
