make sense of; assign a meaning to
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 5
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 5
| construe |
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| interpret |
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| see |
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sample sentences
"What message do you see in this letter?""How do you interpret his behavior?"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey won't %s the story
Sam and Sue %s the movie
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
misunderstand, misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misapprehend, be amiss
read between the lines
mythicize, mythicise
literalize, literalise
spiritualize, spiritualise
reinterpret
allegorize, allegorise
take, read
read
read, scan
elicit, extract, educe, evoke, draw out
verb group