INTERPRET


Meaning of INTERPRET in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

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

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

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

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

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

2.

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

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

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

VERB: V, V n

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