interpret

interpret: verb

ADVERB

▪ accurately, correctly, properly, rightly

▪ erroneously, incorrectly, mistakenly, wrongly

▪ differently

▪ Different people might interpret events differently.

▪ clearly

▪ broadly, liberally

▪ The term ‘business’ is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.

▪ The strictness of the rules, even when liberally interpreted, has the effect of restricting innovation.

▪ narrowly, restrictively (BrE), strictly

▪ literally

▪ faithfully (esp. AmE)

▪ judges who will faithfully interpret the Constitution

▪ easily, readily

▪ These figures cannot be easily interpreted.

▪ cautiously

▪ These results must be interpreted cautiously.

VERB + INTERPRET

▪ be difficult to, be hard to

▪ be able to, be unable to

▪ attempt to, seek to, try to

▪ We all seek to interpret what we hear and what we read.

PREPOSITION

▪ as

▪ Her message was interpreted as a warning to the general.

PHRASES

▪ be interpreted to mean sth

▪ The title could be interpreted to mean ‘human intelligence’.

▪ be variously interpreted (as sth)

▪ The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously interpreted (= interpreted in various ways).

▪ be widely interpreted as sth

▪ Her resignation has been widely interpreted as an admission of her guilt.

Interpret is used with these nouns as the object: ↑constitution, ↑data, ↑dream, ↑fact, ↑finding, ↑information, ↑law, ↑meaning, ↑passage, ↑remark, ↑result, ↑role, ↑rule, ↑scan, ↑scripture, ↑sign, ↑statute, ↑symbol, ↑symptom, ↑teaching, ↑text, ↑tone

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Synonyms:

Explain, expound, decipher, elucidate, unfold, define, make out, make clear, explain the meaning of / Construe, translate, render

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interpret — INTERPRÉT, Ă, interpreţi, te, s.m. şi f. 1. Persoană care traduce pe loc şi oral ceea ce spune cineva în altă limbă, mijlocind astfel înţelegerea dintre două sau mai multe persoane; translator, tălmaci. 2. fig. Persoană care exprimă năzuinţele… … Dicționar Român
interpret — in·ter·pret /in tər prət/ vt: to explain or tell the meaning of (as a document) esp. in order to determine intent they must interpret the provisions of the Constitution L. H. Tribe Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Interpret — In*ter pret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interpreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interpreting}.] [F. interpr[^e]ter, L. interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpres interpeter, agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of pretium price. See {Price} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
interpret — [in tʉr′prət] vt. [ME interpreten < MFr intepréter < L interpretari < interpres, agent between two parties, broker, interpreter] 1. to explain the meaning of; make understandable [to interpret a poem] 2. to translate (esp. oral remarks)… … English World dictionary
Interpret — In*ter pret, v. i. To act as an interpreter. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Interpret — steht für: eine Person, die (meist aufgrund einer vorangegangen Analyse) eine Deutung vornimmt, siehe Interpretation in der Musik darüber auch den Darbieter eines Werks, siehe Interpretation (Musik) in der Softwaretechnik ein Computerprogramm,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Interpret — (v. lat.), 1) Unterhändler; 2) Dolmetscher, Ausleger. Daher Interpretiren, auslegen, erklären. Interpretation, Auffindung u. Darstellung des wahren Sinnes einer Schrift od. einer einzelnen Stelle, daher so v.w. Auslegung, Erklärung: A) Die I.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Interprēt — (lat.), Dolmetsch, Erklärer … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Interpret — (lat. interpres, bei Tertullian interpretator), die Mittelsperson, der Unterhändler (z.B. für Bestechungen bei den Wahlen im alten Rom), Dolmetscher, Ausleger, Erklärer, Uebersetzer. I.ation, die Auslegung, Erklärung im allgemeinsten Sinne; s.… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
intèrprēt — m 〈G interpréta〉 ekspr., {{c=1}}v. {{ref}}interpretator{{/ref}} … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
Interpret — Interpret,der:1.⇨Erklärer–2.⇨Sänger(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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