Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To construe or interpret erroneously; take in a wrong sense; misjudge; misunderstand.
- Synonyms See
construe and translate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
interpret erroneously , tounderstand incorrectly ; tomisunderstand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb interpret in the wrong way
Etymologies
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Examples
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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From what I've seen the press have been careful not to 'misconstrue' his remarks surprise surprise but in this case I can see how skewered his mentality is.
The Ultra-Moonbat Strikes Again Garry 2006
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Mr Purcell said it would be difficult to see how someone could "misconstrue" the Northampton firm for a major film company making multi-million pound spy movies.
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The company's management has long argued that the relationship between ASP and gross margin is tenuous at best and we were cautioned a half dozen times not to "misconstrue" last week's results and declining ASPs.
Minyanville 2010
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The company's management has long argued that the relationship between ASP and gross margin is tenuous at best and we were cautioned a half dozen times not to "misconstrue" last week's results and declining ASPs.
Minyanville 2010
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Yes, I think "misconstrue" is the correct word - for everything in your response.
Think Progress 2009
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He added that he also saw the column as an opportunity to combat peoples 'tendency to "misconstrue" his words: "I feel like when I'm the only one writing, it's not like' Telephone '...
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