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Construe



verbpast tense: construed ; past participle: construed ; present participle: construing ;
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(TRANSITIVE) ~ something (as something) (to interpret, to explain, to analyze, to translate, to combine in syntax) ធ្វើវិភាគ, ញែកធាតុ, ធ្វើវិភាគបទ, បំបែកធាតុ, ធ្វើឲ្យរលួយ
Example: His failure to answer was construed as fear.construe a law បកស្រាយអធិប្បាយ
Example: How do you construe what he did?
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(វេយ្យាករណ៍) (TRANSITIVE) Construe a sentence ធ្វើវិធីសម្ពន្ធ
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: construed ; past participle: construed ; present participle: construing ;
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(TRANSITIVE) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.
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(TRANSITIVE) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
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analyze, decipher, decode, deduce, elucidate, explain, explicate, interpret, render, solve, translate, unravel
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confuse, distort, falsify, misconstrue, misinterpret