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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 yvlog 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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of interpret1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of interpret1
Example Sentences
His appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the principal administrative agency handling labor-management conflict, interpreted the 90-year old National Labor Relations Act so as to enhance the rights of workers to organize.
Although a more liberal administration may instruct federal employees to interpret “urgent humanitarian reasons” in a more lenient way, the Trump administration could potentially tell employees no such reasons exist, she posited.
Although its seven articles have been amended and interpreted in different ways throughout the years, they still guide today's literary custodians, with the foremost being to stand against censorship.
By the same token, her "draconian" punishment – being banned from standing for the presidency – will be interpreted as a badge of honour: proof that she alone is standing up to the powers-that-be.
That information is then interpreted by the AI.
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What 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. What’s the difference between interpret, elucidate, expound, and explain? Find out on .
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