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interpret
verb as in make sense of; define
Strongest matches
clarify, construe, decipher, depict, describe, enact, explain, illustrate, portray, read, solve, translate, understand, view
Strong matches
adapt, annotate, comment, commentate, decode, delineate, elucidate, exemplify, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, image, improvise, limn, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, reenact, render, represent, take
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Recommendations based on a child's weight would be hard for parents to interpret.
She also believes some judges generously interpret the provisions of the act when rejecting deportation.
But experts urged caution when interpreting these results before the study can be verified and peer-reviewed.
As Robert Kuttner at the American Prospect wrote this week, "no other president has gone out of his way to create a collapse," but there's no other way to interpret Trump's actions.
Prostate Cancer UK said it had significant concerns about the sale of the tests given their "questionable accuracy" and the absence of a doctor to interpret the results.
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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