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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

construer en · NOUN

Etymology

From construe + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone who construes something
    • Constructs with good predictive efficiency allow the construer to make sound predictions about what is likely to happen next in their world. 2008, Simon Burnham, Let's Talk, →ISBN, page 24:
    • By locating the addicted person in these categories, the construer places the addicted person into superordinate categories shared by other persons. 1992, Practice - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 48:
    • Thus, the provision of Sections 18 and 19 are to be considered more persuasive to a construer than Section 20. 2000, American Bar Association, Annual Report of the American Bar Association::

Forms

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Relateds

constructor