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interpreter
[ in-tur-pri-ter ]
noun
- a person who interprets.
- a person who provides an oral translation between speakers who speak different languages.
- Computers.
- hardware or software that transforms one statement at a time of a program written in a high-level language into a sequence of machine actions and executes the statement immediately before going on to transform the next statement. Compare compiler ( def 2 ).
- an electromechanical device that reads the patterns of holes in punched cards and prints the same data on the cards, so that they can be read more conveniently by people.
interpreter
/ ɪˈɜːɪə /
noun
- a person who translates orally from one language into another
- a person who interprets the work of others
- computing
- a program that translates a second program to machine code one statement at a time and causes the execution of the resulting code as soon as the translation is completed
- a machine that interprets the holes in a punched card and prints the corresponding characters on that card
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Derived Forms
- ˈٱٱˌ, noun
- ˈٱٰ, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interpreter1
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Mr Mosquera, a Colombian national, sat in the dock and listened to proceedings with the help of an interpreter.
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The language barrier meant Ouatiki had to act as an interpreter.
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“My delivery feels pretty in sync,” Sasaki said through an interpreter.
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An additional 85 professional court staff members — including 19 judges, interpreters, legal assistants and IT specialists took buyouts after receiving a “Fork in the Road” email that offered federal workers “deferred resignations.”
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I asked my soulless Jesus interpreter in my phone.
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