'Interpret' definitions:
Definition of 'interpret'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" [syn: interpret, construe, see]
verb
Give an interpretation or explanation to [syn: rede, interpret]
verb
Give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret, render]
verb
Create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret]
verb
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." [syn: translate, interpret, render]
verb
Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate]
Definition of 'Interpret'
From: GCIDE
- Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. i. To act as an interpreter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Interpret'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. [1913 Webster]
- Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. --Matt. i. 23. [1913 Webster]
- And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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.
- Syn: To translate; explain; solve; render; expound; elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interpret'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompany,
- annotate,
- answer,
- bottom,
- chord,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- comment,
- commentate,
- concertize,
- construe,
- crack,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- define,
- delineate,
- depict,
- describe,
- diagnose,
- disentangle,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- elucidate,
- execute,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explicate,
- expound,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- get,
- get right,
- gloss,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- image,
- limn,
- make music,
- make out,
- open the lock,
- paraphrase,
- perform,
- picture,
- play,
- play by ear,
- plumb,
- portray,
- psych,
- psych out,
- puzzle out,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- read,
- read into,
- render,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- symphonize,
- take,
- take it that,
- take to mean,
- translate,
- understand,
- understand by,
- undo,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- work,
- work out