Meaning of interpret | Babel Free

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1. To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
2. To serve as an interpreter for speakers of different languages.
3. To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
4. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
5. vertaling تَفْسير، تأويل، تَرْجَمَه интерпретация interpretação interpretace die Interpretation fortolkning; udlægning ερμηνείαinterpretación tõlgendus تفسیر؛ ترجمه tulkkaus, tulkinta interprétationפירוש बयान tumačenje értelmezés; tolmácsolás, interpretáció penafsiran túlkun interpretazione 解釈 통역 vertimas, aiškinimas, interpretacija (mutvārdu) tulkojums; izskaidrojums; iztulkojums; interpretācija terjemahan vertolking, interpretatietyding, tolking, framføringinterpretacja تفسير، ژباړنه interp...
6. To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
   intransitive
7. a person who translates the words of a speaker into the language of his hearers. vertaler مُتَرْجِم، مُفَسِّر преводач intérprete tlumočník, -ice der/die Dolmetscher(in) tolk διερμηνέαςintérprete tõlk مترجم شفاهی tulkki interprète מְתוּרגְמָן अनुवादक tumač tolmács penerjemah túlkur interprete 通訳 통역자 vertėjas tulks juru bahasa tolktolktłumacz شفاهى ژباړونكۍ intérprete interpret переводчик tlmočník, -čka tolmač prevodilac tolk ล่าม çevirmen, tercüman; yorumcu 口譯員 усний перекладач; тлумач ترجمان...
8. To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
   transitive
9. interpretar, traducir oralmente.
10. To explain the meaning of: The newspapers interpreted the ambassador's speech as an attempt at making peace. See Synonyms at explain.
11. To understand the significance of; construe: interpreted his smile to be an agreement; interpreted the open door as an invitation.
12. To present or conceptualize the meaning of by means of art or criticism: The actor interpreted the character with great subtlety.
13. To translate from one language into another: interpreted the ambassador's remarks for the assembly.
14. (tr) to clarify or explain the meaning of; elucidate
    tr
15. (tr) to construe the significance or intention of: to interpret a smile as an invitation.
    tr

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Examples

“to interpret an Indian speech”

“The Holy Bible, Matthew i. 23. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”

“The Holy Bible, Genesis xli. 8. And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.”

“The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.”

“The actor interpreted the character of Hamlet with great skill.”

“The way the musician interpreted a sonata was quite special.”

“an artist interprets a landscape”

“He interpreted at the meeting between the Chinese and French associates.”

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