To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
Infinitiveconstrue
Past simpleconstrued
Past participleconstrued
-ing formconstruing
Full conjugation of the English verb to construe (past simple construed,
past participle construed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
construe
you
construe
he/she/it
construes
we
construe
you
construe
they
construe
Present continuous
I
am construing
you
are construing
he/she/it
is construing
we
are construing
you
are construing
they
are construing
Present perfect
I
have construed
you
have construed
he/she/it
has construed
we
have construed
you
have construed
they
have construed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been construing
you
have been construing
he/she/it
has been construing
we
have been construing
you
have been construing
they
have been construing
Past simple
I
construed
you
construed
he/she/it
construed
we
construed
you
construed
they
construed
Past continuous
I
was construing
you
were construing
he/she/it
was construing
we
were construing
you
were construing
they
were construing
Past perfect
I
had construed
you
had construed
he/she/it
had construed
we
had construed
you
had construed
they
had construed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been construing
you
had been construing
he/she/it
had been construing
we
had been construing
you
had been construing
they
had been construing
Future simple
I
will construe
you
will construe
he/she/it
will construe
we
will construe
you
will construe
they
will construe
Future continuous
I
will be construing
you
will be construing
he/she/it
will be construing
we
will be construing
you
will be construing
they
will be construing
Future perfect
I
will have construed
you
will have construed
he/she/it
will have construed
we
will have construed
you
will have construed
they
will have construed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been construing
you
will have been construing
he/she/it
will have been construing
we
will have been construing
you
will have been construing
they
will have been construing
Conditional
Present
I
would construe
you
would construe
he/she/it
would construe
we
would construe
you
would construe
they
would construe
Present continuous
I
would be construing
you
would be construing
he/she/it
would be construing
we
would be construing
you
would be construing
they
would be construing
Perfect
I
would have construed
you
would have construed
he/she/it
would have construed
we
would have construed
you
would have construed
they
would have construed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been construing
you
would have been construing
he/she/it
would have been construing
we
would have been construing
you
would have been construing
they
would have been construing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
construe
that you
construe
that he/she/it
construe
that we
construe
that you
construe
that they
construe
Past
if I
construed
if you
construed
if he/she/it
construed
if we
construed
if you
construed
if they
construed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
construe
we
let's construe
Negative
you
don't construe
we
let's not construe
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to construe
Perfect infinitive
to have construed
Present participle / gerund
construing
Past participle
construed
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