construal

• Interprétation ou compréhension du sens de quelque chose, en particulier d'un texte, d'un énoncé ou d'une situation ; action d'interpréter ou de donner un sens.

A noun referring to an interpretation or understanding of the meaning of something, especially a text, statement, or situation; the act of construing.

1. Interpretation of meaningC1formal

   An interpretation or understanding of the meaning of something, especially a text, statement, or situation.

   Interprétation d'un énoncé

   • His construal of the poem was quite different from the teacher's.
   • The lawyer offered a new construal of the contract clause.
   • Different cultures may have a different construal of the same gesture.

   Synonymescomprehensionconstructionexplanationexplicationinterpretationreadingrenderingunderstanding