Construing

The audience is construing the actor's performance as exceptional.

The gardener was construing a greenhouse to grow exotic plants.

The baker is construing a cake with layers of cream and chocolate.

His construing of the joke was different from the rest of the group's.

I had trouble construing the instructions for assembling the furniture.

The actor is having difficulty construing the motivations of his character.

The translation company was construing the foreign script for the film.