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MISCONSTRUE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misconstrue ... he / she / it misconstrues
Past simple: misconstrued
Past participle: misconstrued
-ing form: misconstruing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret in the wrong way
Example:
She misconstrued my remarks
Synonyms:
be amiss; misapprehend; misconceive; misconstrue; misinterpret; misunderstand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "misconstrue" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misconstrual; misconstruction (a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately))
