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construed
[ kuhn-strood ]
adjective
- interpreted or understood:
Degrees from these “diploma mills” are often awarded based on vaguely construed life experience.
- arrived at by inference or interpretation:
Public interest must necessarily overlap with a correctly construed definition of “national interest.”
- arranged or combined syntactically:
Her soothing tones and delicate, thoughtfully construed statements only burrowed further and more painfully into his heart.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of construe ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·Dz·ٰܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of construed1
Example Sentences
Her comments were construed by some as asking Trump to delay tariffs so that a Conservative could win.
He added that he construed donations as a sign that donors “like the things that you stand for not because they're buying some end result.”
They stressed that the delay "should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits" of the case.
The owner said his remarks should not be construed as a blanket judgment of “the quality and strength of the newsroom.”
That has been construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
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