Dictionary entry details
• INTERPRET (verb)
Meaning:
Make sense of; assign a meaning to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
construe; interpret; see
Context examples:
What message do you see in this letter? / How do you interpret his behavior?
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpret"):
be amiss; misapprehend; misconceive; misconstrue; misinterpret; misunderstand (interpret in the wrong way)
draw out; educe; elicit; evoke; extract (deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning))
read; scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes)
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
read; take (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)
allegorise; allegorize (interpret as an allegory)
reinterpret (assign a new or different meaning to)
spiritualise; spiritualize (give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense)
literalise; literalize (make literal)
mythicise; mythicize (interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology)
read between the lines (read what is implied but not expressed on the surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
They won't interpret the story
Sam and Sue interpret the movie
Meaning:
Give an interpretation or explanation to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
rede; interpret
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
explain; explicate (make plain and comprehensible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpret"):
commentate (make a commentary on)
annotate; comment; gloss (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases)
misinterpret (interpret falsely)
commentate (serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting)
re-explain; reinterpret (interpret from a different viewpoint)
deconstruct (interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing)
moralise; moralize (interpret the moral meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give an interpretation or rendition of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
interpret; render
Context example:
The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpret"):
sing (deliver by singing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They will interpret the duet
Meaning:
Create an image or likeness of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
interpret; represent
Context example:
The painter represented his wife as a young girl
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
re-create (create anew)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpret"):
chart; graph (represent by means of a graph)
mock up; model (construct a model of)
draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)
portray; present (represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally)
depict; limn; portray (make a portrait of)
map (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of)
conventionalize; stylise; stylize (represent according to a conventional style)
depict; picture; render; show (show in, or as in, a picture)
capture (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible)
paint (make a painting of)
profile (represent in profile, by drawing or painting)
animalise; animalize (represent in the form of an animal)
silhouette (represent by a silhouette)
carnalize; sensualize (represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Restate (words) from one language into another language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
translate; interpret; render
Context examples:
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.
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpret"):
Latinize (translate into Latin)
gloss (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase)
mistranslate (translate incorrectly)
retranslate (translate again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make sense of a language
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
translate; understand; interpret; read
Context examples:
She understands French / Can you read Greek?
Hypernyms (to "interpret" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
