Construe vs X - What's the difference?
construe | x |
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.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun construe
is a translation.As a verb construe
is to interpret or explain the meaning of something.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.construe
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The world must construe''' according to its wits; this court must '''construe according to the law.
- , 1954
- 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 .