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interpret
  1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
  2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
  3. (intransitive) To act as an interpreter.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. explain, clarify, elucidate, explicate, expound, describe, illuminate, define, delineate, illustrate, demonstrate, exemplify, annotate, get across, make clear, shed light on, spell out, account for, clear up, make plain, throw light on, construe, demystify, unriddle, simplify, detail, unfold, enlighten, specify, untangle, reveal, decipher, analyze, comment on, analyse, point out, lay out, make perfectly clear, flesh out, resolve, show, discuss, gloss, expand, unravel, disclose, expatiate, sort out, straighten out, make explicit … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “One can easily interpret the facts in evidence and how they fit perfectly together.”
      “The cryptic messages have been deliberately written in a manner that is difficult to interpret.”
      “One might interpret his angelic temper and indifference to human intrusion as friendliness.”
interpreting
  1. present participle of interpret
  2. Synonyms:
      3. understanding, comprehending, fathoming, following, grasping, discerning, getting, apprehending, cognizing, noting, registering, seeing, sensing, absorbing, realising, realizing, catching, catching on, cottoning on, deducing, figuring out, getting it, getting the idea, getting the picture, getting the point, knowing, learning, making out, making sense of, reading, taking in, working out, acquiring, assimilating, decoding, finding out, taking on, translating, twigging, being aware of, catching on to, cracking, deciphering, digging, envisaging, getting the message, getting to know, getting to the bottom of, keeping up with, latching on to … more
interprets
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpret
  2. Synonyms:
      3. explains, clarifies, elucidates, explicates, expounds, describes, illuminates, defines, delineates, illustrates, demonstrates, exemplifies, annotates, gets across, makes clear, sheds light on, spells out, accounts for, clears up, makes plain, throws light on, construes, demystifies, unriddles, simplifies, details, unfolds, enlightens, specifies, untangles, reveals, deciphers, analyzes, comments on, analyses, points out, lays out, makes perfectly clear, fleshes out, resolves, shows, discusses, glosses, expands, unravels, translates, discloses, expatiates, sorts out, straightens out … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The portion of the brain that processes visual input and interprets the messages that the eye sends is called the visual cortex.”
      “He interprets the Critique of Pure Reason not as epistemology but as ontology.”
      “So what interprets and what is interpreted are both in a different position from that which a naive epistemology would attribute to them.”
interpreted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of interpret
  2. Synonyms:
      3. took, assumed, supposed, presumed, expected, imagined, believed, gathered, surmised, conjectured, guessed, suspected, trusted, dared say, deduced, estimated, figured, hypothesized, reasoned, understood, divined, fancied, gleaned, inferred, reckoned, speculated, thought, compassed, concluded, construed, dare-said, deemed, granted, judged, looked upon, perceived, posited, postulated, predicated, presupposed, theorized, hazarded a guess, hypothesised, theorised, took as read, took for granted, read between the lines, read into, put two and two together, read between lines … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This assemblage is interpreted as the accretionary prism of an active continental margin.”
      “The question mark is more likely to be interpreted as indicating that the group suggested has no known name.”
      “The Dzag schists to the north of the ophiolite zone have previously been interpreted as part of an accretionary wedge.”
interpretted
  1. (comparatively rare) simple past tense and past participle of interpret
interpretting
  1. (comparatively rare) present participle of interpret
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