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Interpret

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What's The Definition Of Interpret?

[v] make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
[v] make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
[v] give an interpretation or explanation to
[v] restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
[v] create an image or likeness of, in art
[v] give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Interpret: construe | read | render | represent | see | translate | translate | understand

Related Terms | Find terms related to Interpret: accompany | annotate | answer | bottom | chord | clarify | clear up | comment | commentate | concertize | construe | crack | debug | decipher | decode | define | delineate | depict | describe | diagnose | disentangle | divine | do | dope | dope out | elucidate | execute | exemplify | explain | explicate | expound | fathom | figure out | find out | find the answer | find the solution | get | get right | gloss | guess | guess right | have it | hit it | illuminate | illustrate | image | limn | make music | make out | open the lock | paraphrase | perform | picture | play | play by ear | plumb | portray | psych | psych out | puzzle out | ravel | ravel out | read | read into | render | resolve | riddle | simplify | solve | sort out | spell out | symphonize | take | take it that | take to mean | translate | understand | understand by | undo | unlock | unravel | unriddle | unscramble | untangle | untwist | unweave | work | work out

See Also | allegorise | allegorize | animalise | animalize | annotate | be amiss | capture | carnalize | collocate with | comment | commentate | confound | confuse | construe with | conventionalize | cooccur with | deconstruct | depict | do | draw | draw out | educe | elicit | evoke | execute | explain | explicate | extract | gloss | go with | graph | ingeminate | iterate | latinize | limn | literalise | literalize | map | misapprehend | misconceive | misconstrue | misinterpret | misinterpret | mistake | mistranslate | misunderstand | mock up | model | moralise | moralize | mythicise | mythicize | paint | perform | picture | portray | present | profile | read between the lines | re-create | re-explain | reinterpret | reinterpret | reiterate | render | repeat | restate | retell | retranslate | scan | sensualize | show | silhouette | sing | spiritualise | spiritualize | stylise | stylize | take

Interpret In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ter"pret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interpreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interpreting}.] [F. interpr[^e]ter, L. interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpre? interpeter, agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of pretium price. See {Price}.] 1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. --Matt. i. 23. And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli. 8. 2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape. Syn: To translate; explain; solve; render; expound; elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.
\In*ter"pret\, v. i. To act as an interpreter. --Shak.

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