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Synonyms for interpret
ɪnˈtɜr prɪtin·ter·pret
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Wiktionary
interpretverb
Synonyms:
solve, translate, explain, expound, elucidate, render, unfold, decipher, unravelinterpretverb
To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
Synonyms:
elucidate, expound, unravel, unfold, translate, render, decipher, solve, explaininterpretverb
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.
Synonyms:
explain, unravel, decipher, unfold, elucidate, render, translate, expound, solveinterpretverb
To act as an interpreter.
Synonyms:
elucidate, translate, decipher, render, unfold, expound, solve, explain, unravel
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
interpret
Synonyms:
translate, render, construe, explain, expound, expone, represent, declare, understand, elucidate, decipher, solveAntonyms:
misinterpret, misunderstand, mistake, misconceive, falsify, distort, misdeclare, misrepresent
Princeton's WordNet
interpret, construe, seeverb
make sense of; assign a meaning to
"What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
Synonyms:
date, take in, figure, experience, go out, look, reckon, go through, read, run across, find, view, go steady, get word, meet, examine, construe, rede, determine, see, find out, see to it, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, represent, render, assure, come across, understand, get a line, image, take care, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, regard, ascertain, catch, visualise, consider, hear, realize, project, visit, discover, insure, checkrede, interpretverb
give an interpretation or explanation to
Synonyms:
see, translate, read, counsel, understand, advise, render, construe, rede, representinterpret, renderverb
give an interpretation or rendition of
"The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
Synonyms:
furnish, construe, deliver, represent, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submitrepresent, interpretverb
create an image or likeness of
"The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
Synonyms:
stage, act, construe, typify, play, be, represent, stand for, lay out, rede, defend, comprise, symbolise, translate, map, exemplify, present, understand, make up, correspond, read, symbolize, render, see, constitutetranslate, interpret, renderverb
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."
Synonyms:
furnish, construe, deliver, represent, transform, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submitunderstand, read, interpret, translateverb
make sense of a language
"She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
Synonyms:
construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, read, realize, render, see, understand
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How to use interpret in a sentence?
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.
The U.S. stimulus story continues to be the half glass, which markets are happy to interpret as half full, the improved sentiment also derived from the fact that vaccinations hit the milestone within the U.S. of more vaccinations than infections and I think there’s a sense that the rollout program remains quite optimistic and encouraging.
To Republicans, Trump is simply saying: 'Hey, if you don't like America, you can leave, that is not at all controversial. If you already support Trump, then it's very easy to interpret his comments that way.
If we’re talking about Taiwan, there are a lot of capabilities that can and should be strengthened with respect to their ability to defend themselves, we’ve been working with them for a long time, via the Taiwan Relations Act … we ought to be thinking of ways to very robustly re-interpret the Relations Act and provide assistance to Taipei.
If you interpret his comment about firing... Comey... If you interpret that as obstructing the investigation, as opposed to removing a guy who was doing a bad job, on the recommendation, in part, of( Deputy Attorney General Rod) Rosenstein, but you see it as obstructing the investigation, then you can say it is obstruction, and then you can say it is perjury, which is even easier for them, which is where I think, if they are sneaky, they are going.
Translations for interpret
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- فسر, ترجمArabic
- перакла́сці, пераклада́цьBelarusian
- interpretarCatalan, Valencian
- interpretovat, vyložit, tlumočitCzech
- interpretieren, dolmetschen, übersetzenGerman
- διερμηνεύω, ερμηνεύωGreek
- interpretiEsperanto
- interpretar, explicar, exponerSpanish
- tulkata, tulkitaFinnish
- interpréter, traduireFrench
- előad, értelmez, tolmácsol, fordítHungarian
- interpretareItalian
- לפרשHebrew
- 通訳, 演出, 解説, 演奏Japanese
- បកប្រែKhmer
- 통역, 새기다, 해석Korean
- tolkeNorwegian
- interpreteren, tolken, vertalenDutch
- tolkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- interpretar, traduzirPortuguese
- интерпретировать, объяснять, толковать, объяснить, перевести, истолковать, переводитьRussian
- tolkaSwedish
- แปลThai
- тлумачитиUkrainian
- تشریحUrdu
- dịchVietnamese
- 译Chinese
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