different between formulate vs construe

English

Etymology

From formula +? -ate

Verb

formulate (third-person singular simple present formulates, present participle formulating, simple past and past participle formulated)

1. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

   • Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children. [...]

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Further reading

• formulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• formulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

formulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formuli

Italian

Verb

formulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of formulare
2. second-person plural imperative of formulare
3. feminine plural of formulato

English

Alternative forms

• conster (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin construo, construere (“to relate grammatically”), from Latin construo (“pile together”); doublet of construct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?u?/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?k?nst??/

Noun

construe (plural construes)

1. A translation.
2. An interpretation.

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Verb

construe (third-person singular simple present construes, present participle construing, simple past and past participle construed)

1. (transitive) To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
2. (grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.

   • Thus, in a sentence such as:
     (113)      John considers [_S Fred to be too sure of himself]
     the italicised Reflexive himself can only be construed with Fred, not with John: this follows from our assumption that non-subject Reflexives must have an antecedent within their own S. Notice, however, that in a sentence such as:
     (114)      John seems to me [_S — to have perjured himself]
     himself must be construed with John.

3. (grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
4. (transitive) To translate.
5. To infer.

Derived terms

• construction
• misconstrue

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References

Anagrams

• Counters, Cutrones, cornutes, counters, countres, recounts, trounces

Latin

Verb

c?nstrue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of c?nstru?