verb
ADVERB
▪ accurately , correctly , properly , rightly
▪ erroneously , incorrectly , mistakenly , wrongly
▪ differently
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Different people might ~ events differently.
▪ clearly
▪ broadly , liberally
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The term ‘business’ is here ~ed broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.
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The strictness of the rules, even when liberally ~ed, has the effect of restricting innovation.
▪ narrowly , restrictively ( BrE ), strictly
▪ literally
▪ faithfully ( esp. AmE )
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judges who will faithfully ~ the Constitution
▪ easily , readily
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These figures cannot be easily ~ed.
▪ cautiously
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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
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We all seek to ~ what we hear and what we read.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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Her message was ~ed as a warning to the general.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed to mean sth
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The title could be ~ed to mean ‘human intelligence’.
▪ be variously ~ed (as sth)
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The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously ~ed (= interpreted in various ways) .
▪ be widely ~ed as sth
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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