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interpret

verb

in·​ter·​pret in-ˈtər-prət How to pronounce interpret (audio)
-pət
interpreted; interpreting; interprets

transitive verb

1
: to explain or tell the meaning of : present in understandable terms
interpret dreams
needed help interpreting the results
2
: to conceive in the light of individual belief, judgment, or circumstance : construe
interpret a contract
3
: to represent by means of art : bring to realization by performance or direction
interprets a role

intransitive verb

: to act as an interpreter between speakers of different languages
interpretability
in-ˌtər-prə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce interpret (audio)
-pə-tə-
noun
interpretable
in-ˈtər-prə-tə-bəl How to pronounce interpret (audio)
-pə-tə-
adjective

Synonyms

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explain, expound, explicate, elucidate, interpret mean to make something clear or understandable.

explain implies a making plain or intelligible what is not immediately obvious or entirely known.

explain the rules

expound implies a careful often elaborate explanation.

expounding a scientific theory

explicate adds the idea of a developed or detailed analysis.

explicate a poem

elucidate stresses the throwing of light upon as by offering details or motives previously unclear or only implicit.

elucidate an obscure passage

interpret adds to explain the need for imagination or sympathy or special knowledge in dealing with something.

interpreting a work of art

Example Sentences

We need someone to interpret these results for us. How should we interpret the law? I interpreted his behavior to mean that he disliked me. Every actor interprets the role of Hamlet a little differently.
Recent Examples on the Web Avital Ungar is trying to interpret the conflicting signals in real time. New York Times, 28 July 2022 The court’s jurisdiction — its power or right to interpret a law — is laid out in Article 3 Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 Conservative Supreme Court justices, most notably Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts, have described it as incompatible with the judiciary’s duty to interpret the law. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 June 2022 Uber, Lyft, and Amazon.com all filed briefs backing Southwest, urging the court not to interpret the law’s exception as covering their workers. Greg Stohr, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022 Biden’s activist agency officials, however, can’t resist the temptation to creatively interpret the law’s terms in order to advance their Build Back Better agenda. Tony Woodlief, National Review, 4 Mar. 2022 Chevron deference is about persuading the courts that an agency’s expertise leaves it best positioned to interpret the law. Benjamin Willis, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 The 23-page opinion leaned heavily on originalism, the conservative legal theory that judges should interpret the Constitution based on the way it was understood when it was written. Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Other hospitals have created special groups of doctors and lawyers to help interpret new laws and decide when a pregnancy can be legally terminated. New York Times, 23 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French interpreter, from Latin interpretari, from interpret-, interpres agent, negotiator, interpreter

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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The first known use of interpret was in the 14th century

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