Interpret (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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- Misconceive
- Be Amiss
- Spiritualise
- Literalise
- Draw Out
- Extract
- Elicit
- Allegorise
- Evoke
- Mythicise
- Misinterpret
- Scan
- Read
- Misapprehend
- Misunderstand
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Meaning 2
Give an interpretation or explanation to.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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- Portray
- Silhouette
- Render
- Paint
- Graph
- Picture
- Sensualize
- Profile
- Model
- Conventionalize
- Animalize
- Limn
- Show
- Map
- Capture
- Stylize
- Draw
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Meaning 4
Give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 5
Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 6
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.".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.