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translates

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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Adding greater scale “enables us to buy, build, finance and operate more efficiently, which translates into more affordable electricity for our customers in the long run,” NextEra CEO John Ketchum said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In the deeply coded discourse of superpower relations, I think that translates into vigorous competition and disagreement, but without an actual shooting war.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

A quarter-year of instruction translates to about 45 school days or about nine weeks of the school year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Take Austrian singer Cosmó, a 19-year-old with a blue star painted on his face, whose song Tanzschein literally translates as "dance licence".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Emma unfroze a little, starting to point out to Natalie, “If that h translates into a t, that makes that word ‘this.’

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix