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interpret |
1. |
[ verb ] make sense of; assign a meaning to |
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construe
see
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"What message do you see in this letter?"
"How do you interpret his behavior?"
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understand
read
take
mistake
clarify
read
misconstrue
educe
reinterpret
allegorize
literalize
mythicise
spiritualize
read_between_the_lines
collocate_with
see
interpretation
exposition
interpretation
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2. |
[ verb ] give an interpretation or explanation to |
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explain
reinterpret
misinterpret
moralise
deconstruct
gloss
commentate
commentate
rendition
interpretation
interpretation
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3. |
[ verb ] create an image or likeness of |
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represent
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"The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
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re-create
picture
paint
draw
capture
map
portray
contrast
graph
silhouette
portray
animalize
stylize
profile
model
sensualize
art
representation
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4. |
[ verb ] give an interpretation or rendition of |
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render
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"The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
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perform
sing
performing_arts
rendition
interpretation
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5. |
[ verb ] (linguistics) restate (words) from one language into another language |
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translate
render
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"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"
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repeat
retranslate
gloss
latinize
mistranslate
translate
interpreter
transcriber
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6. |
[ verb ] make sense of a language |
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understand
translate
read
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"She understands French"
"Can you read Greek?"
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understand
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