| NOUN | communication | misconstruction, misconstrual | a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | misconstruction | an ungrammatical constituent |
| Meaning | A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately). | |
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| Synonym | misconstrual | |
| Broader | misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking | putting the wrong interpretation on |
| Spanish | tergiversación | |
| Catalan | tergiversació | |
| Verbs | misconstrue | interpret in the wrong way |
| Meaning | An ungrammatical constituent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | constituent, grammatical constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger / larger grammatical construction |
| Opposite | construction, grammatical construction, expression | A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit |
| Spanish | mala construcción | |
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