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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To construe or interpret erroneously; take in a wrong sense; misjudge; misunderstand.
- Synonyms See
construe and translate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
interpret erroneously , tounderstand incorrectly ; tomisunderstand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb interpret in the wrong way
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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But don't let the philosophically-alluding title misconstrue your perceptions of what
Gaming Nexus 2009
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From what I've seen the press have been careful not to 'misconstrue' his remarks surprise surprise but in this case I can see how skewered his mentality is.
The Ultra-Moonbat Strikes Again Garry 2006
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Mr Purcell said it would be difficult to see how someone could "misconstrue" the Northampton firm for a major film company making multi-million pound spy movies.
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The company's management has long argued that the relationship between ASP and gross margin is tenuous at best and we were cautioned a half dozen times not to "misconstrue" last week's results and declining ASPs.
Minyanville 2010
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The company's management has long argued that the relationship between ASP and gross margin is tenuous at best and we were cautioned a half dozen times not to "misconstrue" last week's results and declining ASPs.
Minyanville 2010
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Yes, I think "misconstrue" is the correct word - for everything in your response.
Think Progress 2009
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He added that he also saw the column as an opportunity to combat peoples 'tendency to "misconstrue" his words: "I feel like when I'm the only one writing, it's not like' Telephone '...
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Words with the same meaning
- bias
- color
- contort
- distort
- err
- garble
- get one wrong
- get wrong
- gloss
- judge amiss
- misapply
- misappreciate
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscite
- miscompute
- misconceive
- misconjecture
- misdeem
- misdirect
- misesteem
- misestimate
- misevaluate
- misexplain
- misexplicate
- misexpound
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misquote
- misread
- misreckon
- misrender
- misrepresent
- mistake
- misthink
- mistranslate
- misunderstand
- misuse
- misvalue
- pervert
- slant
- squeeze
- strain
- strain the sense
- torture
- twist the words
- varnish
- wrench
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- Baku
- Blue
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- Crewe
- Drew
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- accrue
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