construed

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This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of North Carolina.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

To infer.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of construed gathered in one view.

verb

To infer.

verb

(transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.

verb

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for construed.

verb

To infer.

verb

(transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.

verb

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

verb

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

Example sentences

This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of North Carolina.

A typical Iranian would be disappointed, even heartbroken, if his/her offering gets construed as fake taarof.

Merely clarifying parent's post on what is construed as offensive (when it is directed at someone, especially to incite a reaction).

Oops, I can see where it might construed as a list of top apps starting with the best.

There is one TOS term that his name could be construed as violating, if one were take a ridiculous reading of the term.

Step 1: Find something, anything that can be construed as a contradiction.

Fwiw, this shouldn't be construed as an endorsement of the article.

This could be construed as someone avoiding accusations of libel.

Clearly that could not be construed to be self defense.

This is along the same lines as my question - I don't really see how these alternate solutions could be construed as lacking...

So don't just rotely follow (let alone impose) paradigms without realizing that quantifying their value is hard in many scenarios, not to mention could be construed as stepping on toes...

There is a wholly separate category of civil marriage, which is often intertwined with things like contract law and tax law, meaning that the denial of it to certain groups can be construed as discriminatory.

Quote examples

Really the only time "more speech" isn't the solution is the publishing of private facts about private individuals as the ability to do so could be construed as a form of force.

However, an opinion ought not be construed as "settled science."

"Re-balance relation with Israel" could equally be construed as propping up Hamas and giving his blessing for Iran to build nuclear weapons.

That post is talking about people taking personal photos and sharing them privately; it doesn't address Wikimedia's concern that sharing those photos on their sites might be construed as "commercial activity".