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- pronunciation:
- ihn
tuhr
priht
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
interprets, interpreting, interpreted |
| definition 1: |
to determine or explain the meaning of.
These lines of the poem are somewhat hard to interpret.
- synonyms:
- clarify, elucidate, explain
- similar words:
- comprehend, decipher, explicate, translate, understand, unravel
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| definition 2: |
to understand in a particular way.
I interpreted her silence as disagreement with my idea.She interpreted his failure to telephone her as a rejection.- synonyms:
- construe, understand
- similar words:
- define, diagnose, read, see
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| definition 3: |
to make visible or audible the meaning of (a drama, musical composition, or the like) through performance.
The pianist interpreted the piece in a way I had never heard before.- synonyms:
- depict, render, represent
- similar words:
- perform, portray
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| definition 4: |
to translate (speech) from one language into another.
I understand French, but sometimes I'm unable to interpret what I hear into English.- similar words:
- construe, render, translate
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| related words: |
explain, gloss, take |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to provide an explanation.
We don't understand what all the fuss is about; could you interpret for us?- synonyms:
- elucidate, explain
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| definition 2: |
to serve as a translator from one language into another.
She interprets at the United Nations.- similar words:
- translate
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| related words: |
account, comment, explain |
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| derivations: |
interpretable (adj.), interpretability (n.), interpreter (n.) |
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