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translate

[trans-leyt, tranz-, trans-leyt, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪt, ˈtrænz- /
VERB
interpret, explain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
convert decipher put render spell out transcribe turn
STRONG
construe decode elucidate explicate gloss paraphrase reword simplify transliterate transpose
WEAK
do into make clear metaphrase
Antonyms
STRONGEST
remove take
STRONG
complicate confuse mystify obscure
WEAK
stagnate
VERB
change
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alter convert transform turn
STRONG
commute metamorphose transfigure transmogrify transmute transpose
Antonyms
STRONGEST
keep preserve remain
WEAK
stagnate

Example Sentences

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Before anyone outside the company even knew about the new hardware, it was starting to power the back end of many Google products like Maps, Photos, and Translate.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

Translate ǣt ðǣre stōwe by each in its place.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

Translate any one of these sayings out of the artful metonyme which envelopes it, and the trick is apparent.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

Translate: into the chamber roofed with arching pumice.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

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