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interpret

[in-tur-prit] / ɪnˈtɜr prɪt /
VERB
make sense of; define
Synonyms
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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
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make of spell out throw light on
Antonyms
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confuse disbelieve mix up obscure
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cloud direct fail misunderstand mystify stop
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misinterpret

Usage

What are other ways to say interpret? To interpret is to give the meaning of something by paraphrase, by translation, or by an explanation based on personal opinion: to interpret a poem or a symbol. To expound is to give a methodical, detailed, scholarly explanation of something, usually Scriptures, doctrines, or philosophy: to expound the doctrine of free will. To explain is to make plain, clear, or intelligible something that is not known or understood: to explain a theory or a problem. To elucidate is to throw light on what before was dark and obscure, usually by illustration and commentary and sometimes by elaborate explanation: They asked him to elucidate his statement. 

Example Sentences

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The Shopify CEO built software that could interpret his recent MRI.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, some Democrats counseled restraint in interpreting the results.

From Salon

Tūtū has told me before that dreams can carry messages, but I don’t know how to interpret them.

From Literature

But Palantir has expanded beyond its government roots as large companies struggle to manage and interpret the seas of data they produce every day.

From Barron's

Much of the US media interpreted the White House's flexibility as a recognition that it needed to moderate its deportation approach following the Minneapolis killings.

From Barron's

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.