INTERPRET


Meaning of INTERPRET in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ accurately , correctly , properly , rightly

▪ erroneously , incorrectly , mistakenly , wrongly

▪ differently

Different people might ~ events differently.

▪ clearly

▪ broadly , liberally

The term ‘business’ is here ~ed broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.

The strictness of the rules, even when liberally ~ed, has the effect of restricting innovation.

▪ narrowly , restrictively ( BrE ), strictly

▪ literally

▪ faithfully ( esp. AmE )

judges who will faithfully ~ the Constitution

▪ easily , readily

These figures cannot be easily ~ed.

▪ cautiously

These results must be ~ed cautiously.

VERB + INTERPRET

▪ be difficult to , be hard to

▪ be able to , be unable to

▪ attempt to , seek to , try to

We all seek to ~ what we hear and what we read.

PREPOSITION

▪ as

Her message was ~ed as a warning to the general.

PHRASES

▪ be ~ed to mean sth

The title could be ~ed to mean ‘human intelligence’.

▪ be variously ~ed (as sth)

The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously ~ed (= interpreted in various ways) .

▪ be widely ~ed as sth

Her resignation has been widely ~ed as an admission of her guilt.

Interpret is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ constitution , ↑ data , ↑ dream , ↑ fact , ↑ finding , ↑ information , ↑ law , ↑ meaning , ↑ passage , ↑ remark , ↑ result , ↑ role , ↑ rule , ↑ scan , ↑ scripture , ↑ sign , ↑ statute , ↑ symbol , ↑ symptom , ↑ teaching , ↑ text , ↑ tone

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .