Construe vs Formulate - What's the difference?
construe | formulate |
To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
(grammar) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence.
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To translate.
To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
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As verbs the difference between construe and formulate
is that construe is to interpret or explain the meaning of something while formulate is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.As a noun construe
is a translation.construe
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The world must construe''' according to its wits; this court must '''construe according to the law.
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- Thus, in a sentence such as:
(113) John considers [S Fred'' to be too sure of ''himself'']
the italicised Reflexive ''himself'' can only be construed''' with ''Fred'', not with ''John'': this follows from our assumption that non-subject Reflexives must have an antecedent within their own S. Notice, however, that in a sentence such as:
(114) ''John'' seems to me [S — to have perjured ''himself'']
''himself'' must be '''construed with ''John .
Derived terms
* construction * misconstrueAnagrams
* * * * ----formulate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
- Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors'' that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like ''comed'', ''goed'', ''seed'', ''buyed'', ''bringed , etc. frequently used by young children. [...]