to misconstrue a meaning

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• meaning — n. 1) to misconstrue a meaning 2) an accepted; basic; clear; connotative; double, equivocal; figurative; literal; obscure meaning 3) grammatical; lexical; referential meaning 4) in a meaning (in the accepted meaning of the word) * * * [ miːnɪŋ]… …   Combinatory dictionary

• misconstrue — /mis keuhn strooh / or, esp. Brit., /mis kon strooh/, v.t., misconstrued, misconstruing. to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret. [1350 1400; ME; see MIS 1, CONSTRUE] Syn. misread, misapprehend, misjudge. * * * …   Universalium

• misconstrue — v misinterpret, misunderstand, misapprehend, misread, misconceive; misjudge, miscalculate, misreckon; put the wrong meaning on, garble, change the sense of, get the wrong idea, get a false impression; Sl. goof, Sl. screw up, mix up, misrepresent …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• misconstrue — mis•con•strue [[t]ˌmɪs kənˈstru[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]mɪsˈkɒn stru[/t]] v. t. strued, stru•ing to misunderstand the meaning of • Etymology: 1350–1400 …   From formal English to slang

• misconstrue — v.tr. ( construes, construed, construing) 1 interpret (a word, action, etc.) wrongly. 2 mistake the meaning of (a person). Derivatives: misconstruction n …   Useful english dictionary

• distort the meaning — I verb belie, bias, contort, deform, distort, falsify, garble, interpret incorrectly, manipulate, misapply, misapprehend, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misrender, misreport, misstate, mistranslate …   Law dictionary

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• distort — I verb bend, camouflage, caricature, change out of recognition, change the face of, conceal, contort, corrupt, deform, disguise, disproportion, dissemble, distorquere, exaggerate, falsify, give a false idea, give a false impression, give a… …   Law dictionary

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