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Interpret Definition And Meaning
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 \Inter"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. \Inter"pret\, v. i. To act as an interpreter. --Shak.

Interpret Definition And Meaning

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"

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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