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translate
verb as in interpret, explain
Strong matches
construe, decode, elucidate, explicate, gloss, paraphrase, reword, simplify, transliterate, transpose
Weak matches
verb as in change
Strong matches
commute, metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, transpose
Example Sentences
Growing up in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Zheng translated her immigrant parents’ tax forms for them and noticed that classmates’ homes were nicer than hers.
Local residents dubbed it Boko Haram - a name which in the Hausa language loosely translates as "Western education is forbidden" because of their opposition to Western-style schools.
They said criticism of the violence from Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders "must be translated into action" and said "these attacks must stop".
One of its main roles is to interact with the nucleic acids in the genome, helping regulate which genes are switched on and how they are translated into proteins.
"When we played Portugal in the summer I was able to translate their set-piece routines for the rest of the team which was good."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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