interpret
1. make sense of;
assign a meaning to (Freq. 17)
- What message do you see in this letter?
- How do you interpret his behavior?
• Syn:
construe, see
• See Also:
construe with (for: construe)
• Derivationally related forms:
construal (for: construe), interpretation
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Hyponyms:
misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend,
be amiss, read between the lines, mythicize, mythicise, literalize, literalise,
spiritualize, spiritualise, reinterpret, allegorize, allegorise, take,
take, scan, educe, evoke, elicit,
extract, draw out
• Verb Group:
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue interpret the movie
- They won't interpret the story
2. give an interpretation or explanation to (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
rede
• Derivationally related forms:
interpretive, interpretative, interpretation, interpreting
• Hypernyms:
explain, explicate
• Hyponyms:
moralize, moralise, deconstruct, reinterpret, re-explain,
commentate, misinterpret, gloss, comment, annotate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. give an interpretation or rendition of (Freq. 2)
- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
• Syn:
render
• Derivationally related forms:
rendition (for: render), rendering (for: render), interpretive, interpretative, interpretation, interpreter
• Topics:
performing arts
• Hypernyms:
perform, execute, do
• Hyponyms:
sing
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They will interpret the duet
4. create an image or likeness of (Freq. 2)
- The painter represented his wife as a young girl
• Syn:
represent
• Derivationally related forms:
interpretation, interpreter, representation (for: represent)
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
re-create
• Hyponyms:
sensualize, carnalize, silhouette, animalize, animalise,
profile, paint, capture, picture, depict, render,
show, stylize, stylise, conventionalize, map, portray,
portray, present, draw, model, mock up,
graph, chart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. restate (words) from one language into another language (Freq. 1)
- I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
- Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?
- She rendered the French poem into English
- He translates for the U.N.
• Syn:
translate, render
• Derivationally related forms:
interpreter, translation (for: translate), translator (for: translate)
• Hypernyms:
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
• Hyponyms:
retranslate, mistranslate, gloss, Latinize
• Verb Group:
translate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. make sense of a language (Freq. 1)
- She understands French
- Can you read Greek?
• Syn:
understand, read, translate
• Derivationally related forms:
understandable (for: understand)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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