Interpret
verb
To understand or explain the meaning of something, like words, actions, or symbols.
He interpreted her silence as consent.
Often appears as...
- interpret correctly
- interpret data
verb
To convert spoken words from one language into another.
An interpreter was hired to interpret the discussion for the foreign delegates.
Often appears as...
- interpret into
- interpret for
verb
To perform a piece of music, dance, or acting in a way that conveys your understanding of its character or importance.
The pianist interpreted the composition beautifully, making the audience feel its deep emotions.
Often appears as...
- interpret a role
- interpret a character
verb
To express or represent something in a new or different way.
The artist interpreted the landscape in a unique style, giving it a surreal look.
Often appears as...
- interpret in
- interpret through
verb
To make sense of computer code or machine language.
The computer interpreted the code and produced the desired output.
Often appears as...
- interpret a command
- interpret an instruction
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Technical
verb
To understand or explain the meaning of something, like words, actions, or symbols.
He interpreted her silence as consent.
Often appears as...
- interpret correctly
- interpret data
verb
To convert spoken words from one language into another.
An interpreter was hired to interpret the discussion for the foreign delegates.
Often appears as...
- interpret into
- interpret for
verb
To perform a piece of music, dance, or acting in a way that conveys your understanding of its character or importance.
The pianist interpreted the composition beautifully, making the audience feel its deep emotions.
Often appears as...
- interpret a role
- interpret a character
verb
To express or represent something in a new or different way.
The artist interpreted the landscape in a unique style, giving it a surreal look.
Often appears as...
- interpret in
- interpret through
verb
To make sense of computer code or machine language.
The computer interpreted the code and produced the desired output.
Often appears as...
- interpret a command
- interpret an instruction
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The same action can be interpreted differently depending on the situation and cultural background.
He interpreted her thumbs-up as approval, but in some cultures, it's offensive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
People might interpret words or gestures based on their emotional state or past experiences.
Worried, she interpreted his smile as sarcasm, not kindness.
Pro Tip 3/3Body Language
Non-verbal cues can greatly influence how you interpret someone's words.
Although he said he was fine, his slouched posture interpreted otherwise.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The same action can be interpreted differently depending on the situation and cultural background.
He interpreted her thumbs-up as approval, but in some cultures, it's offensive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
People might interpret words or gestures based on their emotional state or past experiences.
Worried, she interpreted his smile as sarcasm, not kindness.
Pro Tip 3/3Body Language
Non-verbal cues can greatly influence how you interpret someone's words.
Although he said he was fine, his slouched posture interpreted otherwise.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The same action can be interpreted differently depending on the situation and cultural background.
He interpreted her thumbs-up as approval, but in some cultures, it's offensive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
People might interpret words or gestures based on their emotional state or past experiences.
Worried, she interpreted his smile as sarcasm, not kindness.
Pro Tip 3/3Body Language
Non-verbal cues can greatly influence how you interpret someone's words.
Although he said he was fine, his slouched posture interpreted otherwise.
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Population pyramids:...
requires knowing not just the total size of the population but its internal characteristics, such as age and gender distribution. So, how can we keep track of all that data in a way that makes it easy to comprehend? Complex data is more easily interpreted through visualization, and one of the ways that demographers represent
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Einstein's Escape from...
at the forefront of this story. The forefront of this story are these personal relationships, and the drama that he suffered along the way whilst trying to achieve these amazing things for humanity. He wanted to give these things to the world, and interpret things as his reason for being,
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How to write descriptivel...
Your reader may not get much beyond interpreting the squiggles. She will understand what Billie feels like, but she won't feel what Billie feels. She'll be reading, not immersed in the world of the story, discovering the truths of Billie's life at the same time that Billie herself does.
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Questions No One Knows...
with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling, and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes
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How many universes are...
is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? But quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling.
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Are There Aliens on...
That's got to be possible. Right? We are only just now beginning to be able to even interpret the signals from places that could host life. It's a really exciting time to be discovering potentially the first one of those signs on the planet next door.
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How interpreters juggle...
While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time, the other gives support by locating documents, looking up words, and tracking down pertinent information. Because simultaneous interpretation requires intense concentration,
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Four reasons you should...
realize the more news you consume the less you understand the world my website least 15 reasons why you should give up the news let me give you just for number one the brain interprets the sensational as being much more frequent than it
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Are China and the US...
were now experiencing fantastic orgasm. That was the last time I was asked to interpret. But in that little story, there's a wisdom, which is, as soon as you think you know something about this extraordinary civilization
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Will we ever be able to...
before one of them is transported to a new site. By itself, quantum entanglement isn't teleportation. To complete the teleport, we need a digital message to help interpret the qubit at the receiving end.
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Population pyramids:...
requires knowing not just the total size of the population but its internal characteristics, such as age and gender distribution. So, how can we keep track of all that data in a way that makes it easy to comprehend? Complex data is more easily interpreted through visualization, and one of the ways that demographers represent
Video examples
Einstein's Escape from...
at the forefront of this story. The forefront of this story are these personal relationships, and the drama that he suffered along the way whilst trying to achieve these amazing things for humanity. He wanted to give these things to the world, and interpret things as his reason for being,
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
Your reader may not get much beyond interpreting the squiggles. She will understand what Billie feels like, but she won't feel what Billie feels. She'll be reading, not immersed in the world of the story, discovering the truths of Billie's life at the same time that Billie herself does.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling, and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes
Video examples
How many universes are...
is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? But quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling.
Video examples
Are There Aliens on...
That's got to be possible. Right? We are only just now beginning to be able to even interpret the signals from places that could host life. It's a really exciting time to be discovering potentially the first one of those signs on the planet next door.
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time, the other gives support by locating documents, looking up words, and tracking down pertinent information. Because simultaneous interpretation requires intense concentration,
Video examples
Four reasons you should...
realize the more news you consume the less you understand the world my website least 15 reasons why you should give up the news let me give you just for number one the brain interprets the sensational as being much more frequent than it
Video examples
Are China and the US...
were now experiencing fantastic orgasm. That was the last time I was asked to interpret. But in that little story, there's a wisdom, which is, as soon as you think you know something about this extraordinary civilization
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Will we ever be able to...
before one of them is transported to a new site. By itself, quantum entanglement isn't teleportation. To complete the teleport, we need a digital message to help interpret the qubit at the receiving end.
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Stephen King
Author
I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.
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Zach Gilford
American Actor
I hate when a movie just sort of ends and is so open-ended you feel like it wasn't finished. I appreciate leaving things up to the interpretation of the audience and letting them make decisions about where things will go in the future - but the director has to make a decision; otherwise it is sort of a cop-out.
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Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
I generally like grey roles. My interpretation of drama is different from the popular perception. Acting, for me, is not about overplaying, it is about concealing. I like flawed characters that people relate to. I would never do a romcom.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Novalis
German Poet
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Otto Rank
Austrian Psychologist
Art is life's dream interpretation.
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Stephen King
Author
I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.
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Zach Gilford
American Actor
I hate when a movie just sort of ends and is so open-ended you feel like it wasn't finished. I appreciate leaving things up to the interpretation of the audience and letting them make decisions about where things will go in the future - but the director has to make a decision; otherwise it is sort of a cop-out.
Quote examples
Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
I generally like grey roles. My interpretation of drama is different from the popular perception. Acting, for me, is not about overplaying, it is about concealing. I like flawed characters that people relate to. I would never do a romcom.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Novalis
German Poet
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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Otto Rank
Austrian Psychologist
Art is life's dream interpretation.
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