noun
Meaning 1
A translation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
construe
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/kənˈstɹuː/
-
UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
obsolete: /ˈkɒnstəɹ/
-
CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S T R UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An interpretation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To admit of grammatical analysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To translate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To infer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To explain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
make sense of; assign a meaning to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- What message do you see in this letter?
- How do you interpret his behavior?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interpret, see
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: understand
Narrower terms: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss, read between the lines, mythicize, mythicise, literalize, literalise, spiritualize, spiritualise, reinterpret, allegorize, allegorise, take, read, scan, educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
History
Etymology
From Middle English construen, from Late Latin construo, construere (“to relate grammatically”), from Latin construo (“pile together”); doublet of construct.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: превод (prevod) — translation
- Dutch: vertaling — translation
- Esperanto: traduko — translation
- German: Übersetzung — translation
- Norwegian Bokmål: oversetting — translation
- Polish: tłumaczenie — translation
- Polish: translacja — translation
- Portuguese: tradução — translation
- Russian: перево́д (perevód) — translation
- Swedish: översättning — translation
- Bulgarian: тълкуване (tǎlkuvane) — interpretation
- Catalan: interpretar — interpretation
- Dutch: interpretatie — interpretation
- Esperanto: interpreto — interpretation
- German: Interpretation — interpretation
- German: Auslegung — interpretation
- German: Deutung — interpretation
- German: Analyse — interpretation
- German: Auffassung — interpretation
- German: Ableitung — interpretation
- Norwegian Bokmål: tolkning — interpretation
- Norwegian Bokmål: fortolkning — interpretation
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppfatning — interpretation
- Polish: interpretacja — interpretation
- Polish: tłumaczenie — interpretation
- Portuguese: interpretação — interpretation
- Russian: толкова́ние (tolkovánije) — interpretation
- Russian: истолкова́ние (istolkovánije) — interpretation
- Swedish: tolkning — interpretation
- Swedish: uppfattning — interpretation
- Bulgarian: тълкувам (tǎlkuvam) — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Chinese Mandarin: 識解 /识解 (shíjiě) — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Dutch: begrijpen — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Dutch: uitleggen — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Esperanto: konjekti — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Esperanto: klarigi — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Finnish: tulkita — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- French: expliquer — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- French: comprendre — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: auslegen — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: deuten — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: interpretieren — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: verbinden — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: ableiten — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: auffassen — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- German: bilden — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Hungarian: értelmez — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Icelandic: túlka — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Icelandic: útleggja — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Icelandic: skýra — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Middle English: construen — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Norwegian Bokmål: tolke — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppfatte — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Polish: interpretować — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Polish: tłumaczyć — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Russian: толкова́ть (tolkovátʹ) — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Russian: истолковывать (istolkovyvatʹ) — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Spanish: interpretar — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Spanish: comprender — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Spanish: entender — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Swedish: tolka — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Swedish: förstå — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Swedish: uppfatta — to interpret or explain the meaning of something
- Bulgarian: правя разбор (pravja razbor) — to analyze the grammatical structure
- Finnish: jäsentää — to analyze the grammatical structure
- German: analysieren — to analyze the grammatical structure
- German: zergliedern — to analyze the grammatical structure
- German: zerlegen — to analyze the grammatical structure
- Hungarian: elemez — to analyze the grammatical structure
- Icelandic: greina — to analyze the grammatical structure
- Polish: rozbierać gramatycznie — to analyze the grammatical structure
- Russian: разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) — to analyze the grammatical structure