1 [VN] to explain the meaning of sth:
The students were asked to interpret the poem.
2 [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to decide that sth has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way:
I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal. * The data can be interpreted in many different ways.
compareMISINTERPRET
3 [V] ~ (for sb) to translate one language into another as you hear it:
She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.
4 [VN] to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning:
He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.
interpretable adjective:
interpretable data
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for interpret is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is interpret a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, interpret is tagged as verb.
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