Meaning

1 senses

  1. To construe something again, or in a new way.

    Near-synonym: reframe

Origin

From re- + construe.

From re- + construe.

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Forms

reconstrues, reconstruing, reconstrued, reconstrued
Base formreconstrue · to reconstrue
3rd person singularreconstrues
Present participlereconstruing
Past simplereconstrued
Past participlereconstrued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreconstrue
he, she, itreconstrues

Past simpleLesson

all personsreconstrued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reconstrued
he, she, ithas reconstrued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reconstrue

Synonyms

1 synonyms
reframe

Word family

1 related words
Relatedreconstruct

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reconstitutereconstructreconstructionreconstructiverecordB1recorder
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