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Definition of Interpret
1. Verb. Make sense of; assign a meaning to. "Sam and Sue Interpret the movie "; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
Generic synonyms: Understand
Specialized synonyms: Be Amiss, Misapprehend, Misconceive, Misconstrue, Misinterpret, Misunderstand, Read Between The Lines, Mythicise, Mythicize, Literalise, Literalize, Spiritualise, Spiritualize, Reinterpret, Allegorise, Allegorize, Read, Take, Read, Read, Scan, Draw Out, Educe, Elicit, Evoke, Extract
Related verbs: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Derivative terms: Construal, Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation
Also: Construe With
2. Verb. Give an interpretation or explanation to.
Specialized synonyms: Moralise, Moralize, Deconstruct, Re-explain, Reinterpret, Commentate, Misinterpret, Annotate, Comment, Gloss, Commentate
Generic synonyms: Explain, Explicate
Derivative terms: Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretative, Interpreting, Interpretive
3. Verb. Give an interpretation or rendition of. "They will Interpret the duet"; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
Category relationships: Performing Arts
Generic synonyms: Do, Execute, Perform
Specialized synonyms: Sing
Derivative terms: Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretative, Interpreter, Interpretive, Rendering, Rendering, Rendition
4. Verb. Create an image or likeness of. "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Re-create
Specialized synonyms: Carnalize, Sensualize, Silhouette, Animalise, Animalize, Profile, Paint, Capture, Depict, Picture, Render, Show, Conventionalize, Stylise, Stylize, Map, Depict, Limn, Portray, Portray, Present, Draw, Mock Up, Model, Chart, Graph
Derivative terms: Interpretation, Interpreter, Representation
5. Verb. Restate (words) from one language into another language. "He translates for the U.N."
Generic synonyms: Ingeminate, Iterate, Reiterate, Repeat, Restate, Retell
Specialized synonyms: Retranslate, Mistranslate, Gloss, Latinize
Related verbs: Translate
Derivative terms: Interpreter, Interpreter, Translation, Translator, Translator
6. Verb. Make sense of a language. "Can you read Greek?"
Generic synonyms: Understand
Derivative terms: Understandable
Definition of Interpret
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To act as an interpreter.
Definition of Interpret
1. Verb. To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. ¹
2. Verb. 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. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To act as an interpreter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Interpret
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interpret
Literary usage of Interpret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"The agencies competent to interpret and apply international law and treaty, ...
41 So Congress has asserted that it alone can interpret responsibilities ..."
2. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"This exposition hath that great advantage, that he which first mentioned this
descent in the Creed, did interpret it of the burial ; and where this Article ..."
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