INTERPRET


Meaning of INTERPRET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntɜ:(r)prɪt ]

( interprets, interpreting, interpreted)

1.

If you interpret something in a particular way, you decide that this is its meaning or significance.

The whole speech might well be interpreted as a coded message to the Americans...

The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it’s been passed...

Both approaches agree on what is depicted in the poem, but not on how it should be interpreted.

VERB : V n as n , V n , V n adv / prep

2.

If you interpret what someone is saying, you translate it immediately into another language.

The chambermaid spoke little English, so her husband came with her to interpret...

Interpreters found they could not interpret half of what he said.

VERB : V , V n

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