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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. make sense of; assign a meaning to;
- Example: "What message do you see in this letter?"
- Example: "How do you interpret his behavior?"
[syn: interpret, construe, see]

2. give an interpretation or explanation to;
[syn: rede, interpret]

3. give an interpretation or rendition of;
- Example: "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
[syn: interpret, render]

4. create an image or likeness of;
- Example: "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
[syn: represent, interpret]

5. restate (words) from one language into another language;
- Example: "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."
- Example: "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"
- Example: "She rendered the French poem into English"
- Example: "He translates for the U.N."
[syn: translate, interpret, render]

6. make sense of a language;
- Example: "She understands French"
- Example: "Can you read Greek?"
[syn: understand, read, interpret, translate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. i.
   To act as an interpreter. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interpreted; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Interpreting.] [F. interpr[^e]ter, L.
   interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpres interpeter,
   agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of
   pretium price. See Price.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to
      translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or
      terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to
      language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries,
      etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an
      Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
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            Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
                                                  --Matt. i. 23.
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            And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none
            that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli.
                                                  8.
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   2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by
      illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the
      character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an
      artist interprets a landscape.

   Syn: To translate; explain; solve; render; expound;
        elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

interpret
    v 1: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you
         see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
         [syn: interpret, construe, see]
    2: give an interpretation or explanation to [syn: rede,
       interpret]
    3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered
       the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret,
       render]
    4: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his
       wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret]
    5: restate (words) from one language into another language; "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, interpret,
       render]
    6: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
       read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret,
       translate]