interpret

Definition for interpret

verb as in make sense of; define

Strongest matches

clarify, construe, decipher, depict, describe, enact, explain, illustrate, portray, read, solve, translate, understand, view

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adapt, annotate, comment, commentate, decode, delineate, elucidate, exemplify, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, image, improvise, limn, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, reenact, render, represent, take

Weak matches

make of, spell out, throw light on

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It overturned the so-called Chevron deference doctrine, according to which regulatory agencies had wide latitude in interpreting vague statutes.

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It used telegraph lines to report transactions in almost real time, printing them out on rolls of tape in abbreviations that insiders could interpret.

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The compact also seeks a commitment “to defining and otherwise interpreting ‘male,’ ‘female,’ ‘woman,’ and ‘man’ according to reproductive function and biological processes.”

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AI has also detected the molecular fingerprints of disease by interpreting medical images—including X-rays, MRIs, ultrasounds and pathology slides.

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Don’t interpret this as a prediction of a panic or crisis.

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