construe

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 9, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>construe</strong> &#149; \kun-STROO\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><em>Construe</em> means "to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in a sentence" or "to understand or explain the sense or intention of something in a particular way."</p> <p>// The teacher asked the students to <em>construe</em> the Greek philosopher's statement.</p> <p>// The website provides medical information but that information should not be <em>construed</em> as a diagnosis.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/construe">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"So <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NFT">NFTs</a> … feel strange and novel because normal people don't usually <em>construe</em> monetary value in mere references to everyday things, like a cash-register receipt, or computer data." — Ian Bogost, <em>The Atlantic</em>, 4 Feb. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Construe</em> comes from the Latin verb <em>construere</em>, meaning "to construct." There is also <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misconstrue">misconstrue</a></em>, meaning "to put a wrong construction (that is, a wrong interpretation) on" or "to <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misinterpret">misinterpret</a>."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>