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reconstruing

reconstruing is the present participle and gerund of reconstrue.

Meaning of reconstrue

Verb

reconstrue (third-person singular simple present reconstrues, present participle reconstruing, simple past and past participle reconstrued)

  1. To construe something again, or in a new way.
    • Near-synonym: reframe
    Synonyms:
    reframe

Questions about reconstruing

What is reconstruing the present participle and gerund of?
Reconstruing is the present participle and gerund of reconstrue.

Words near reconstruing in the dictionary

  1. reconstructors
  2. reconstructs
  3. reconstrue
  4. reconstrued
  5. reconstrues
  6. reconstruing
  7. reconsult
  8. reconsultation
  9. reconsultations
  10. reconsulted
  11. reconsulting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reconstruing (page history and authors); reconstrue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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