They usefully managed to construe an efficient work ethic.
Source: tatoeba (6759730)
Construe
//kənˈstɹuː//
Synonyms for "construe" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- превод noun (translation)
- тълкуване noun (interpretation)
- правя разбор verb (to analyze the grammatical structure)
- тълкувам verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Catalan
1 entries- interpretar noun (interpretation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 識解 /识解 verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Dutch
4 entries- interpretatie noun (interpretation)
- vertaling noun (translation)
- begrijpen verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- uitleggen verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Esperanto
4 entries- interpreto noun (interpretation)
- traduko noun (translation)
- klarigi verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- konjekti verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Finnish
2 entries- jäsentää verb (to analyze the grammatical structure)
- tulkita verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
French
2 entries- comprendre verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- expliquer verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
German
4 entries- Ableitung noun (interpretation)
- Analyse noun (interpretation)
- Auffassung noun (interpretation)
- Auslegung noun (interpretation)
Hungarian
2 entries- elemez verb (to analyze the grammatical structure)
- értelmez verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Icelandic
4 entries- greina verb (to analyze the grammatical structure)
- skýra verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- túlka verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- útleggja verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Middle English
1 entries- construen verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fortolkning noun (interpretation)
- oppfatning noun (interpretation)
- oversetting noun (translation)
- tolkning noun (interpretation)
Polish
4 entries- interpretacja noun (interpretation)
- translacja noun (translation)
- tłumaczenie noun (translation)
- tłumaczenie noun (interpretation)
Portuguese
2 entries- interpretação noun (interpretation)
- tradução noun (translation)
Russian
4 entries- истолкова́ние noun (interpretation)
- перево́д noun (translation)
- толкова́ние noun (interpretation)
- истолковывать verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Spanish
3 entries- comprender verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- entender verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
- interpretar verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Swedish
4 entries- tolkning noun (interpretation)
- uppfattning noun (interpretation)
- översättning noun (translation)
- förstå verb (to interpret or explain the meaning of something)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
She could construe irregular Latin verbs without a moment's hesitation.
Source: tatoeba (7255441)
Prayers and calling-over seemed twice as short as usual, and before they could get construes of a tithe of the hard passages marked in the margin of their books, they were all seated round, and the Doctor was standing in the middle, talking in whispers to the master.
Source: wiktionary
Bru[tus]. […] But let not therefore my good Friends be greeu'd (Among which number Cassius be you one) Nor conſtrue any further my neglect, Then that poore Brutus with himſelfe at warre, Forgets the ſhews of Loue to other men.
Source: wiktionary
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