interpret

in·ter·pret  (n-tûrprt)

v. in·ter·pret·ed, in·ter·pret·ing, in·ter·prets

v.tr.

1. To explain the meaning of: interpreted the ambassador's remarks. See Synonyms at explain.

2. To conceive the significance of; construe: interpreted his smile to be an agreement; interpreted the open door as an invitation.

3. To present or conceptualize the meaning of by means of art or criticism.

4. To translate orally.

v.intr.

1. To offer an explanation.

2. To serve as an interpreter for speakers of different languages.

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[Middle English interpreten, from Old French interpreter, from Latin interpretr, from interpres, interpret-, negotiator, explainer; see per-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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in·terpret·a·bili·ty, in·terpret·a·ble·ness n.

in·terpret·a·ble adj.

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interpret

Verb

1. to explain the meaning of

2. to work out the significance of: his remarks were widely interpreted as a promise not to raise taxes

3. to convey the meaning of (a poem, song, etc.) in performance

4. to act as an interpreter [Latin interpretari]

interpretive adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	interpret - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" construe, see understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories" literalise, literalize - make literal; "literalize metaphors" spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" educe, elicit, evoke, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
	2.	interpret - give an interpretation or explanation to rede moralise, moralize - interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story" deconstruct - interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing re-explain, reinterpret - interpret from a different viewpoint commentate - serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting misinterpret - interpret falsely explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" annotate, gloss, comment - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" commentate - make a commentary on
	3.	interpret - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" render performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
	4.	interpret - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" represent artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" carnalize, sensualize - represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture silhouette - represent by a silhouette animalise, animalize - represent in the form of an animal profile - represent in profile, by drawing or painting paint - make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times" capture - succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" depict, picture, show, render - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" stylise, stylize, conventionalize - represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized female head" map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus" limn, portray, depict - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" portray, present - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" mock up, model - construct a model of; "model an airplane" graph, chart - represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"
	5.	interpret - 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." translate, render ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" retranslate - translate again mistranslate - translate incorrectly gloss - provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase Latinize - translate into Latin translate - be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
	6.	interpret - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" translate, understand, read understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

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interpret

verb 1. take, understand, read, explain, regard, construe

verb 2. translate, convert, paraphrase, adapt, transliterate

verb 3. explain, define, clarify, spell out, make sense of, decode, decipher, expound, elucidate, throw light on, explicate

verb 4. understand, read, explain, crack, solve, figure out (informal) comprehend, decode, deduce, decipher, suss out (slang)

verb 5. portray, present, perform, render, depict, enact, act out

Translations

interpret [ɪnˈtəːprɪt] vt → interpretar (= translate); traducir (= understand); entender

vi → hacer de intérprete

interpret [ɪnˈtəːprɪt] vt → interpréter

vi → servir d'interprète

interpret [ɪnˈtəːprɪt] vt → auslegen, interpretieren;

(translate) → dolmetschen

vi → dolmetschen

interpret [ɪnˈtəːprɪt] vt → interpretare

vi → fare da interprete

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interpret

v interpret [inˈtəːprit]

1 to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted. vertaal يُتَرْجِم превеждам устно tlumočit tolke dolmetschen μεταφράζω interpretar, hacer una interpretación (suuliselt) tõlkima بصورت شفاهی ترجمه کردن tulkata faire l'interprète לְפרש वर्णन करना prevoditi tolmácsol menerjemahkan túlka interpretare, fare da interprete 通訳する 통역하다 versti tulkot (mutvārdiem) menterjemahkan mondeling vertalen tolke tłumaczyć fazer de intérprete a tra­duce переводить tlmočiť tolmačiti prevoditi tolka แปล çevirmek, tercüme etmek 口譯 перекладати ترجمانی کرنا ، خصوصا گفتگو یا تقریر کی phiên dịch 口译

2 to explain the meaning of How do you interpret these lines of the poem? verstaan يُفَسِّر обяснявам vyložit fortolke; udlægge interpretieren ερμηνεύω interpretar tõlgendama تفسیر کردن tulkita interpréter לְפָרֵש भाषान्तर करना tumačiti értelmez menafsirkan túlka, útskÿra interpretare 解釈する ...의 뜻을 설명하다 aiškinti izskaidrot; iztulkot mentafsir interpreteren (for)tolke, forklare tłumaczyć interpretar a in­ter­preta толковать vysvetliť razlagati tumačiti tolka อธิบาย yorumlamak 解釋 тлумачити, пояснювати تشریح کرنا giải nghĩa 解释

3 to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist. weergegee يُفَسِّر المَعْنى، يُوَضِّح интерпретирам interpretovat fortolke interpretieren ερμηνεύω, αποδίδω interpretar tõlgendama اجرا کردن tulkita interpréter לפרש व्याख्या करना objasniti előad interpretasi túlka interpretare 演奏する (자기의 해석에 입각하여) 연주[]하다 interpretuoti interpretēt menyampaikan vertolken fortolke, framføre interpretować interpretar a in­terpreta раскрывать замысел interpretovať interpretirati izvesti tolka, interpretera, återge แปลความหมาย yorumlamak; çalmak 表演 інтерпретувати کسی چیز کے معنی ظاہر کرنا thể hiện 表演

n inˌterpreˈtation

vertaling تَفْسير، تأويل، تَرْجَمَه интерпретация interpretace fortolkning; udlægning die Interpretation (δι)ερμηνεία interpretación tõlgendus تفسیر؛ ترجمه tulkinta interprétation פֵּירוּש बयान tumačenje értelmezés; tolmácsolás, interpretáció penafsiran túlkun interpretazione 解釈 통역, 해설 vertimas, aiškinimas, interpretacija (mutvārdu) tulkojums; izskaidrojums; iztulkojums; interpretācija terjemahan vertolking, interpretatie tyding, (for)tolking, framføring interpretacja interpretação interpretare перевод; толкование interpretácia interpretacija interpretacija tolkning, interpretation การแปลความหมาย yorumlama, yorum; çevirme, tercüme etme 解釋，口譯 тлумачення; інтерпретація ترجمانی، تشریح sự phiên dịch 解释，口译

n inˈterpreter

a person who translates the words of a speaker into the language of his hearers. vertaler مُتَرْجِم، مُفَسِّر преводач tlumočník, -ice tolk der/die Dolmetscher(in) διερμηνέας intérprete tõlk مترجم شفاهی tulkki interprète מְתוּרגְמָן अनुवादक tumač tolmács penerjemah túlkur interprete 通訳 통역자 vertėjas tulks juru bahasa tolk tolk tłumacz intérprete interpret переводчик tlmočník, -čka tolmač prevodilac tolk ล่าม çevirmen, tercüman; yorumcu 譯員 усний перекладач; тлумач ترجمان phiên dịch viên 译员