Construed

Word CONSTRUED
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /kənˈstɹuːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Construed"

What do we mean by construed?

To interpret or explain the meaning of something.

(grammar) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.

(grammar) To admit of grammatical analysis.

To translate.

To infer.

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The word "construed" in example sentences

He understands style to mean "which words are right for a given context" and thus the most damning indictment he can make of a writer like Denis Johnson is that "he does not respect words enough to think they should mean something," a formulation by which "meaning" in construed in the most literal, predetermined, unimaginative of ways. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Intelligent Design, as normally construed, is pseudoscience. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alchemistry, as normally construed, is a primitive attempt to understand natural substances. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In this nonprecedential case, the CAFC reversed almost every disputed claim term construed by the district court which was the basis for summary judgment of noningfringement. ❋ Peter Zura (2008)

Here was motive for murder -- if motive were to govern them -- far greater than might be suggested by excited conversation which listeners who could not hear a word construed into a quarrel -- listeners who bore the prisoner at the bar ill-will because he shunned them while in the lumber-camp. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

The court adopted the constructions proposed by Neutral Tandem for each of the terms construed in the order. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Devises, of real estate, term construed ... ... .148 ❋ Unknown (1663)

Not globalization as it's normally construed, which is Americanization. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One such canon declared that penal statutes had to be narrowly construed, that is, limited to the smallest possible compass their language would bear. ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)

It sounds like you want the test to be narrowly construed, which is good to hear, but I fear others might read the test much more broadly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I only hope the language cited ( "shall not be construed to prohibit any bonus payment required to be paid") can also be 'construed' to mean that bonuses are not required to be handed out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Hillary, the problem is not what she said, but how others "construed" it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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