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interpret
[ in-tur-prit ]
verb (used with object)
to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- to construe or understand in a particular way:
to interpret a reply as favorable.
- to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, music, etc.) by performance or execution.
- to perform or render (a song, role in a play, etc.) according to one's own understanding or sensitivity:
The actor interpreted Lear as a weak, pitiful old man.
- to translate orally.
- Computers. interpreter ( def 3 ).
- to use an interpreter to transform (a program written in a high-level language) into a sequence of machine actions, one statement at a time, executing each statement immediately before going on to transform the next one.
- to read (the patterns of holes in punched cards) with an interpreter, printing the interpreted data on the same cards so that they can be read more conveniently by people.
verb (used without object)
- to translate what is said in a foreign language.
- to explain something; give an explanation.
interpret
/ ɪˈɜːɪ /
verb
- tr to clarify or explain the meaning of; elucidate
- tr to construe the significance or intention of
to interpret a smile as an invitation
- tr to convey or represent the spirit or meaning of (a poem, song, etc) in performance
- intr to act as an interpreter; translate orally
Derived Forms
- ˌٱٲˈٲ, noun
- ˈٱٲ, adverb
- ˈٱٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱp·· adjective
- ·ٱp··i·ٲ ·ٱp···ness noun
- ·ٱp·· adverb
- non·ٱp··i·ٲ noun
- non·ٱp·· adjective
- i·ٱp verb (used with object)
- i·ٱp verb
- -·ٱp· adjective
- -·ٱp·Բ adjective
- un·ٱp·· adjective
- ܲi·ٱp· adjective
- ɱ-·ٱp· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of interpret1
Word History and Origins
Origin of interpret1
Example Sentences
Judith Jamison was the first to interpret “Cry!”
But the full implications of those cuts for the nation’s ability to accurately interpret dynamic changes in the planet’s weather and to predict long-term warming scenarios through its modeling arm in Princeton have not.
Below, we walk through our results, explain how to interpret your own and offer expert suggestions on soil repair.
The researchers found deep, comb-like grooves, interpreted to have been created by the keels of large icebergs that broke off the British-Irish ice sheet more than 18,000 years ago.
I suppose part of our findings could be interpreted that way, although I wouldn’t use the word “boring” to describe those species!
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are other ways to say interpret?
To interpret is to give or provide the meaning of something, or to construe or understand something in a particular way. ’s the difference between interpret, elucidate, expound, and explain? Find out on .
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