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Meaning of Construe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
kənˈstɹuː

Definitions

  1. A translation.
  2. An interpretation.

Equivalents

Examples

“Prayers and calling-over seemed twice as short as usual, and before they could get construes of a tithe of the hard passages marked in the margin of their books, they were all seated round, and the Doctor was standing in the middle, talking in whispers to the master.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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