construe
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
make sense of; assign a meaning to
What message do you see in this letter?
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
- misconstrue hyponym
- read between the lines hyponym
- mythicize hyponym
- literalize hyponym
- spiritualize hyponym
- reinterpret hyponym
- allegorize hyponym
- take hyponym
- read hyponym
- read hyponym
- educe hyponym
Related & opposite
- collocate with also see
- interpreting derivation
- interpretation derivation
- construal derivation
- interpretation derivation
- regard verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | collocate with |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | construal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | regard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | misconstrue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read between the lines |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mythicize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | literalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritualize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinterpret |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | allegorize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | educe |