From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconstruecon‧strue /kənˈstruː/ ●○○ verb [transitive] MEANINGto understand a remark or action in a particular way → misconstruebe construed as something comments that could be construed as sexist The term can be construed in two different ways.Grammar Construe is usually passive in this meaning.→ See Verb table
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construe• That role has always been narrowly construed.• Instances occur where the courts feel obliged to construe a statute in a way that they themselves acknowledge creates outrageous injustice.• Even a thickening waist, while annoying, can be construed as a viewer problem, to an extent.• The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.• Properly construed, it is, we think, a promising theory.• The way the theory construed its object would determine the nature of the theory itself.• Accordingly, we would construe the guarantee and debenture in the same way that we have construed the mortgage deeds.be construed as something• Winston acknowledged that his comments could be construed as racist.Origin construe (1300-1400) Late Latin construere, from Latin, “to construct”, from com- ( → COM-) + struere “to build” 