Interpret

Verb

 * 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 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.
 * "Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Matt. i. 23.
 * "And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh." Gen. xli. 8.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2)   To act as an interpreter.

Synonyms

 * translate, explain, solve, render, expound, elucidate, decipher, unfold, unravel

Related terms

 * interpretation
 * interpretative
 * interpreter
 * interpretive

Adverbs for Interpret
literally; objectively; narrowly; allegorically; sympathetically; intelligently; boldly; unfavorably;  adequately;   superficially; metaphysically; speculatively; offensively; poetically; charitably; mythologically.

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

Etymology
From interpreten: <  interpreter:,  interpréter: <  interpretari:, past participle interpretatus: < interpres: < inter: + -pres:, probably the root of pretium:; -pres: is probably connected with Greek φράζειν: > φραδή:, φράσις:; see phrase.

Translations

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 * Greek:
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 * Italian: interpretare
 * Russian:,  ; толковать , истолковать ,


 * Catalan:
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 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: előad
 * Italian: interpretare
 * Russian:


 * Catalan:
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 * Mandarin:, , 傳譯,  传译
 * Czech:
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 * Finnish: tulkata


 * French: ,
 * German: dolmetschen,
 * Greek: διερμηνεύω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: interpretare
 * Japanese: 通訳
 * Russian: ,

Noun

 * 1) interpreter